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feat(core): Add MCU device attestation with ML-DSA-44.

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Andrew Kozlik

62/100 · Adequate
feat(core): Add MCU device attestation with ML-DSA-44.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new hardware-based device authentication feature for the Trezor T3W1 model. It lets the device prove its identity using a cryptographic certificate and signing key stored in the microcontroller (MCU). The change is a feature addition, not a fix for a known vulnerability. There is no evidence in the commit or supplied references that this resolves an active security issue or introduces a new attack path.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal feature commit. Review the secure-world implementation for side-channel resistance, deterministic signature behavior, and correct key derivation. Verify that the certificate chain parser in authenticate_device.py handles untrusted certificate data robustly. No urgent security action is indicated by the commit itself.

Security signals we found

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New secure-world signing primitive added behind USE_MCU_ATTESTATION compile flag

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Attestation seed derived from SECRET_PRIVILEGED_MASTER_KEY_SLOT via secret_key_derive_sym

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SMCALL/SYSCALL verifiers check read/write access before passing pointers to secure world

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Private key material and RNG seed are memzero'd after use in mcu_attestation_sign

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Feature is gated to T3W1 model in build tooling

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No vendor disclosure of security relevance, CVE, or researcher attribution present in commit

Risk score

Why this scored 21/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 2/25
Stealth signal 2/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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