Connection using old pairing information saved

[Gaurav]

I am running an experiment to use a static keys for pairing information without breaking the existing flow of pairing/bonding.
What I am doing is I am storing the pairing info of my central device and storing it into a structure and then erasing the flash to remove those information, and after reset I am retrieving those bonding information and connecting again using the same central devices but I am getting "Peer removed bonding info" response on my phone.

void store_ltk_in_zephyr(void)
{
    int id, err;
    struct bt_keys pairing_info = {
    .addr = {
        .type = BT_ADDR_LE_PUBLIC,
        .a.val = {0x43,0x82,0x5E,0xC7,0xE8,0xF4,0xFD}
    },
    .irk = {0x8A, 0x27, 0x1E, 0xA7, 0x92, 0x2A, 0xF0, 0x15, 0x41, 0x69, 0x48, 0xDD, 0xC0, 0x7E, 0xDD, 0xF7},
    .ltk = {
        .val = {0xc0, 0xe6, 0x9a, 0x0a, 0xf7, 0x4b, 0xdc, 0xb7, 0x7d, 0x23, 0xf4, 0xb4, 0x89, 0x8d, 0x96, 0x02},
        .ediv = {0x00,0x00},
        .rand = {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00},
      }
    };

    // Store the keys using the settings API
    err = bt_keys_store(&pairing_info);
    if (err) {
        printk("Failed to store keys (err %d)\n", err);
    } else {
        printk("Keys stored successfully\n");
    }
}

In main, I am calling like this to load the info onto the flash- 

  settings_subsys_init();
  //smp_bt_register();
	bt_conn_auth_cb_register(&auth_cb_display);
  bt_conn_auth_info_cb_register(&conn_auth_info_callbacks);
	err = bt_enable(NULL);
	if (err) {
		printk("Bluetooth init failed (err %d)\n", err);
    k_sleep(K_MSEC(100));
		err = bt_enable(NULL);                                      //Trying one more time after this system reset
    if(err) NVIC_SystemReset();
	}
  store_ltk_in_zephyr();
  if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SETTINGS)) {
    settings_load();
  }

And on connect I am using like this-

  bt_conn_set_security(conn, BT_SECURITY_L1|BT_SECURITY_FORCE_PAIR);

Do let me know, how can I connect with the same bonding info which I have made a copy of from the same bonding structure.

[Vidar Berg]

Hello,

To troubleshoot this, I recommend you start by enabling CONFIG_BT_LOG_SNIFFER_INFO to have the keys printed on boot. This would help confirm us confirm if they keys were successfully stored or not.

Best regards,

Vidar

[Gaurav]

I am reading the pairing info using nrfjprog --memrd 0xfe000 -n 1024, as I know its taking the info from the settings page and the address of the page is this -

Not getting any logs related to bonding on boot using CONFIG_BT_LOG_SNIFFER_INFO.

[Gaurav]

Then how do we proceed then, I have tried to directly copy the values in the structure and tried that but still didn`t worked.

Can you try once on your end if in legacy pairing it works?

[Vidar Berg]

The EDIV/RAND mismatch indicates that the bond on your central does not match the bond you have on your peripheral. I suggest you delete the bonds on both sides, then repeat the pairing with your nRF5 SDK based app to exchange new keys. 

[Gaurav]

Vidar Berg said:

I suggest you delete the bonds on both sides, then repeat the pairing with your nRF5 SDK based app to exchange new keys. 

Took out a new phone which was never bonded and did a "nrfjprog --recover" on peripheral side but the issue still remains.

00> RAND from key : 8706050920731000218
00> RAND from HCI buf: 12730499317999264668
00> EDIV from key : 17407
00> EDIV from HCI buf : 47649

[Gaurav]

Vidar Berg Can you pls share the sample from nrf5SDK side, maybe I am doing something wrong in storing the bonding info on that side.
I am using pm_peer_data_bonding_load(peer_id, &bonding_data); for getting  the bonding information and storing in the relevant memory address.

[Vidar Berg]

pm_peer_data_bonding_load() is the correct function to use. 

Gaurav said:

Took out a new phone which was never bonded and did a "nrfjprog --recover" on peripheral side but the issue still remains.

What was the EDIV and RAND read by the pm_peer_data_bonding_load()? Also, if you use a BLE sniffer, what EDIV and RAND does the phone send when the link is successfully encrypted?

[Gaurav]

To retrieve the EDIV,RAND and LTK I am using ble_gap_enc_key_t peer_ltk not own_ltk structure.

Vidar Berg said:

What was the EDIV and RAND read by the pm_peer_data_bonding_load()?

This is the log on the Zephyr version to get the keys values-
00> RAND from key : 9352719265585580685
00> RAND from HCI buf: 7538881654322155438
00> EDIV from key : 47645
00> EDIV from HCI buf : 45333

And on the nrf5SDK, I am getting the same keys, which I am sending to Zephyr.
EDIV:  47645
RAND : 9352719265585580685

[Gaurav]

Vidar Berg Anything pls or pls share your sample code on the nrf5SDK. These changes are very urgent to implement.
Pls help.

[Vidar Berg]

I don't have a sample ready for the nRF5 SDK, and I don't see how it is relevant since you have already managed to get this working with LESC pairing. What would be helpful is if you could capture the sniffer traces as I suggested.

[Gaurav]

For LESC, I only did on Zephyr version not through saving the info on nrf5SDK and then getting that info onto Zephyr and reconnecting.

On Zephyr application, I bonded the device and then saved those info and then cleared the flash and reconnected with the old bond info and it reconnected.
Thats why wanted to verify from the nrf5SDK if I have missed anything.

[Vidar Berg]

Here is an updated version of the pre_shared_bond_set() function which should handle legacy pairing:

static void pre_shared_bond_set(void)
{
	int err;
	int bond_num = 0;
	struct bt_keys *pairing_info;

	// true if pm_peer_data_bonding.own_ltk.enc_info.ltk.lesc == 0
	bool legacy_pairing = true;

	bt_foreach_bond(BT_ID_DEFAULT, bond_cb, &bond_num);

	if (bond_num) {
		return;
	}

	//pm_peer_data_bonding.peer_ble_id.id_addr_info
	bt_addr_le_t addr = {
	    .type = BT_ADDR_LE_PUBLIC,
	    .a.val = {0x23, ....}
	};

	//pm_peer_data_bonding.own_ltk.enc_info.ltk
	struct bt_ltk ltk = {
	    .val = {0x0e, 0x31, 0xed, 0xa8, 0x6a, 0xdd, 0x9f, 0xba, 0xd5, 0xcc, 0xb7,
	            0x78, 0x4b, 0xb7, 0xaf, 0xee},
	    .ediv = {0x02,0x56}, // remember to check the byte order
	    .rand = {0xcc, 0x57, 0x52, 0xee, 0x4c, 0x5a, 0xa6, 0xc6}		
	};
	
	//pm_peer_data_bonding.peer_ble_id.id_info
	struct bt_irk irk = {
		.val = {0xd6, ....},
		.rpa.val = {0}		
	}; 

	pairing_info = bt_keys_get_addr(0, &addr);
	if (pairing_info == NULL) {
		LOG_ERR("Failed to get keyslot");
		return;
	}

	if (legacy_pairing) {
		memcpy(&pairing_info->periph_ltk, &ltk, sizeof(pairing_info->periph_ltk));
	} 
	else {
		memcpy(&pairing_info->ltk, &ltk, sizeof(pairing_info->ltk));
	}
	
	memcpy(&pairing_info->irk, &irk, sizeof(pairing_info->irk));

	if (legacy_pairing) {
		pairing_info->flags = 0;
		pairing_info->enc_size = BT_SMP_MAX_ENC_KEY_SIZE;
		pairing_info->keys = BT_KEYS_IRK | BT_KEYS_PERIPH_LTK;
	}
	else {
		pairing_info->flags = BT_KEYS_SC;
		pairing_info->enc_size = BT_SMP_MAX_ENC_KEY_SIZE;
		pairing_info->keys = BT_KEYS_IRK | BT_KEYS_LTK_P256;
	}


	err = bt_keys_store(pairing_info);
    if (err) {
        LOG_ERR("Failed to store keys (err %d)\n", err);
    } else {
        LOG_INF("Keys stored successfully\n");
    }

}

I have also noted down which elements in the pm_peer_data_bonding_t struct you should use to populate keys struct with.