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authorArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>2020-08-31 18:16:49 +0300
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2020-09-11 07:39:16 +0300
commit9ace6771831017ce75a2bdf03c284b686dd39dba (patch)
treef7000d0662e141429910ca15d91575bc075a4b14 /crypto/Kconfig
parent274290ed98c55a9c5691497567e24463a7a91da4 (diff)
downloadlinux-9ace6771831017ce75a2bdf03c284b686dd39dba.tar.xz
crypto: arc4 - mark ecb(arc4) skcipher as obsolete
Cryptographic algorithms may have a lifespan that is significantly shorter than Linux's, and so we need to start phasing out algorithms that are known to be broken, and are no longer fit for general use. RC4 (or arc4) is a good example here: there are a few areas where its use is still somewhat acceptable, e.g., for interoperability with legacy wifi hardware that can only use WEP or TKIP data encryption, but that should not imply that, for instance, use of RC4 based EAP-TLS by the WPA supplicant for negotiating TKIP keys is equally acceptable, or that RC4 should remain available as a general purpose cryptographic transform for all in-kernel and user space clients. Now that all in-kernel users that need to retain support have moved to the arc4 library interface, and the known users of ecb(arc4) via the socket API (iwd [0] and libell [1][2]) have been updated to switch to a local implementation, we can take the next step, and mark the ecb(arc4) skcipher as obsolete, and only provide it if the socket API is enabled in the first place, as well as provide the option to disable all algorithms that have been marked as obsolete. [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=1db8a85a60c64523 [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git/commit/?id=53482ce421b727c2 [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git/commit/?id=7f6a137809d42f6b Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 1b57419fa2e7..e85d8a059489 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -1199,6 +1199,7 @@ config CRYPTO_ANUBIS
config CRYPTO_ARC4
tristate "ARC4 cipher algorithm"
+ depends on CRYPTO_USER_API_ENABLE_OBSOLETE
select CRYPTO_SKCIPHER
select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
help
@@ -1881,6 +1882,15 @@ config CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD
This option enables the user-spaces interface for AEAD
cipher algorithms.
+config CRYPTO_USER_API_ENABLE_OBSOLETE
+ bool "Enable obsolete cryptographic algorithms for userspace"
+ depends on CRYPTO_USER_API
+ default y
+ help
+ Allow obsolete cryptographic algorithms to be selected that have
+ already been phased out from internal use by the kernel, and are
+ only useful for userspace clients that still rely on them.
+
config CRYPTO_STATS
bool "Crypto usage statistics for User-space"
depends on CRYPTO_USER