feat: add yum repository RPM verification policy

[yuvalk]

Summary

• Adds a new rpm_repo_verification policy that verifies yum repository-level GPG signatures and checksum chains, as an acceptable alternative to individual RPM signature verification (rpm_signature)
• Designed for packages like NVIDIA DOCA RPMs, which are not individually GPG-signed but are distributed via GPG-signed yum repositories
• The policy consumes RPM_REPO_VERIFICATION task results from the SLSA Provenance attestation, produced by a verification script that validates the trust chain: GPG key → repomd.xml.asc → repomd.xml → metadata checksums → RPM checksums

Policy Rules

Rule	What it checks
gpg_signature_verified	Repo's repomd.xml GPG signature was valid
metadata_checksums_verified	All metadata file checksums matched
allowed_gpg_key	GPG key used is in allowed_rpm_repo_gpg_keys rule data
result_format	JSON schema of RPM_REPO_VERIFICATION task result
rule_data_provided	Rule data format (only fires when results exist)

Design Decisions

• Separate policy rather than extending rpm_signature: different trust model (repo-level vs individual RPM), different attestation data format, different rule data
• Inert when no data exists: all rules are gated on RPM_REPO_VERIFICATION task results being present, so pipelines that don't use yum repo verification are unaffected
• "Acceptable alternative" usage: pipeline teams that use repo-verified RPMs set allowed_rpm_signature_keys to include "unsigned" AND include this policy to verify the repo-level GPG chain

Expected task result format

{
  "repos": [
    {
      "url": "https://linux.mellanox.com/public/repo/doca/3.4.1/rhel10.2/arm64-dpu",
      "gpg_key_id": "abc123def4567890",
      "gpg_signature_verified": true,
      "metadata_checksums_verified": true
    }
  ]
}

Follow-up

The _is_valid_key regex in this policy uses proper ^/$ anchors (^[a-fA-F0-9]{16}$), while the equivalent in rpm_signature uses an unanchored pattern ([a-fA-F0-9]{16}). Since OPA's regex.match does substring matching, the unanchored version in rpm_signature would incorrectly accept keys longer than 16 hex chars. A follow-up PR should add anchors to rpm_signature._is_valid_key for consistency.

Test plan

• 9 unit tests covering all rules and code paths (100% coverage)
• Both SLSA v0.2 and v1.0 attestation formats tested
• make fmt — clean
• make lint — 0 violations
• make conventions-check — passes
• make generate-docs — docs regenerated and committed

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds RPM repository verification rules for GPG signatures, metadata checksums, allowed keys, result formats, and rule data. Adds tests, example configuration, release policy integration, navigation, and package documentation.

Changes

RPM repository verification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Verification policy implementation policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego	Defines verification result and rule-data schemas, extracts repository data, validates GPG key formats, and emits denial results.
Verification policy tests policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification_test.rego	Tests successful and failed attestations, multiple repositories, malformed results, rule-data errors, denial messages, and severities across v0.2 and v1.0 formats.
Policy integration and documentation antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/packages/release_rpm_repo_verification.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/release_policy.adoc, antora/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/release_policy_nav.adoc, example/data/rule_data.yml	Adds the package to release policy collections, documents its rules, adds navigation links, and provides an allowed GPG key example.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 818bb

This PR adds repository-level RPM verification with documented rules and tests; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Attestation
  participant RPMRepoVerification
  participant RuleData
  participant PolicyResult
  Attestation->>RPMRepoVerification: Provide RPM_REPO_VERIFICATION results
  RuleData->>RPMRepoVerification: Provide allowed_rpm_repo_gpg_keys
  RPMRepoVerification->>RPMRepoVerification: Validate schemas, signatures, checksums, and keys
  RPMRepoVerification->>PolicyResult: Emit denial results

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In `@policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego`:
- Around line 97-104: Canonicalize GPG key IDs to a consistent case before
membership comparison in the deny rule using the repo key and allowed-key
values, while preserving the existing result construction. In
rpm_repo_verification_test.rego lines 119-126, remove the corresponding denial
expectation from test_multiple_repos because mixed-case equivalent keys should
be accepted.
- Around line 155-180: Update the schema in _result_format_errors to require
repos at the top level and url, gpg_key_id, gpg_signature_verified, and
metadata_checksums_verified for each repository item. Add omission tests
covering each required field and assert that each produces a result_format
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Findings

Low

• [file structure / license header] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego:1 — The file includes a 16-line Apache 2.0 license header. Only 5 of 88 non-test .rego files in the policy directory include this header. The three closest sibling policies (rpm_signature, rpm_repos, attestation_type) all omit it and begin directly with the # METADATA block.
  Remediation: Remove the license header block (lines 1-16) from both rpm_repo_verification.rego and rpm_repo_verification_test.rego to match the dominant codebase convention.

• [edge-case] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego:53 — The gpg_signature_verified rule uses not repo.gpg_signature_verified which in Rego evaluates to true when the field is undefined (missing), not just when it is false. Similarly for metadata_checksums_verified at line 68. The behavior is correct and safe (it denies), but the failure message could be misleading when the real issue is a missing field. The result_format schema validation catches the missing field separately. This matches the existing pattern.

• [rule guard pattern] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego:141 — The rule_data_provided deny rule is guarded by count(_repo_verification_results) > 0, while sibling policies (rpm_signature, rpm_repos) fire their rule_data_provided rules unconditionally. This means misconfigured rule data will go undetected if no RPM_REPO_VERIFICATION task results are present.
  Remediation: Consider removing the guard to align with the established pattern, or add a code comment explaining the deliberate deviation.

• [stale-doc] THREAT_MODEL.md:131 — The 'Security-critical rule data keys' table (labeled non-exhaustive) lists allowed_rpm_signature_keys but does not include the new allowed_rpm_repo_gpg_keys key, which has the same security sensitivity.
  Remediation: Add a row: | allowed_rpm_repo_gpg_keys | RPMs from repositories signed with untrusted GPG keys permitted |

• [missing-authorization] This PR introduces a non-trivial new feature (a new policy package labeled 'size: XL' and 'feature') but has no linked issue. Creating a tracking issue would improve traceability.
  Remediation: Create a tracking issue and link it to this PR.

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Findings

Medium

• [edge-case] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego:149 — The JSON schema for _result_format_errors does not specify required properties for repo item objects. A repo object missing gpg_key_id will pass format validation and silently bypass the allowed_gpg_key deny rule, because repo.gpg_key_id evaluates to undefined in Rego and the rule body fails silently. The gpg_signature_verified and metadata_checksums_verified boolean checks are fail-closed (missing fields trigger denial), but the key allowlist check is fail-open for missing keys. This is consistent with the existing rpm_signature.rego pattern but represents a validation gap.
  Remediation: Add "required": ["url", "gpg_key_id", "gpg_signature_verified", "metadata_checksums_verified"] to the repo item schema in _result_format_errors.

• [pattern-violation] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego:129 — The rule_data_provided deny rule gates on count(_repo_verification_results) > 0, suppressing rule data validation when no RPM_REPO_VERIFICATION results exist. The sibling policies rpm_signature.rego and rpm_repos.rego do not gate their rule_data_provided rules this way — they always validate rule data. This means misconfigured allowed_rpm_repo_gpg_keys rule data would go undetected until verification results first appear. The PR description notes this is intentional ("inert when no data exists"), but the inconsistency with sibling policies is worth noting.
  Remediation: Consider removing the count(_repo_verification_results) > 0 guard to match sibling policy patterns, or add a code comment documenting the intentional deviation.

Low

• [test-adequacy] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification_test.rego — No test covers the case where a repo object is missing expected fields (e.g., gpg_key_id absent). This would document the fail-open behavior identified in the schema finding above.

• [file-header-convention] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego:1 — The file includes a 16-line Apache-2.0 license header. Only 4 of ~78 .rego files under policy/release/ include this header; the dominant convention is to start with the METADATA block directly.

• [file-header-convention] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification_test.rego:1 — Same license header inconsistency as the main .rego file.

• [missing-authorization] policy/release/rpm_repo_verification/rpm_repo_verification.rego — No linked issue in the PR to establish authorized scope for this new feature. The PR description provides rationale but no formal authorization trail.

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[low] file structure / license header

The file includes a 16-line Apache 2.0 license header. Only 5 of 88 non-test .rego files include this header. The closest sibling policies (rpm_signature, rpm_repos, attestation_type) omit it.

Suggested fix: Remove the license header block (lines 1-16) from both .rego files to match the dominant codebase convention.

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[low] edge-case

The gpg_signature_verified rule uses not repo.gpg_signature_verified which fires on undefined fields too. The behavior is safe but the failure message could be misleading. Matches existing pattern.

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[low] rule guard pattern

The rule_data_provided deny rule is guarded by count(_repo_verification_results) > 0, unlike sibling policies which fire unconditionally. Misconfigured rule data goes undetected without task results.

Suggested fix: Remove the guard to align with established pattern, or add a code comment explaining the deviation.

[simonbaird]

@yuvalk do you have Jira for this change?

Update: EC-2165 is now filed.

[simonbaird]

There are security implications that need to be discussed and cleared with product security. Have you talked to any PS team representatives about this?

[simonbaird]

Adding a "request changes" just to indicate this can't be merged without PS review and approval.

[p-rog]

There are security implications that need to be discussed and cleared with product security. Have you talked to any PS team representatives about this?

@simonbaird I will start necessary discussion.