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2022-10-28crypto: af_alg - Support symmetric encryption via keyring keysFrederick Lawler1-3/+12
We want to leverage keyring to store sensitive keys, and then use those keys for symmetric encryption via the crypto API. Among the key types we wish to support are: user, logon, encrypted, and trusted. User key types are already able to have their data copied to user space, but logon does not support this. Further, trusted and encrypted keys will return their encrypted data back to user space on read, which does not make them ideal for symmetric encryption. To support symmetric encryption for these key types, add a new ALG_SET_KEY_BY_KEY_SERIAL setsockopt() option to the crypto API. This allows users to pass a key_serial_t to the crypto API to perform symmetric encryption. The behavior is the same as ALG_SET_KEY, but the crypto key data is copied in kernel space from a keyring key, which allows for the support of logon, encrypted, and trusted key types. Keyring keys must have the KEY_(POS|USR|GRP|OTH)_SEARCH permission set to leverage this feature. This follows the asymmetric_key type where key lookup calls eventually lead to keyring_search_rcu() without the KEYRING_SEARCH_NO_CHECK_PERM flag set. Signed-off-by: Frederick Lawler <fred@cloudflare.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2020-09-25crypto: af_alg - add extra parameters for DRBG interfaceElena Petrova1-3/+17
Extend the user-space RNG interface: 1. Add entropy input via ALG_SET_DRBG_ENTROPY setsockopt option; 2. Add additional data input via sendmsg syscall. This allows DRBG to be tested with test vectors, for example for the purpose of CAVP testing, which otherwise isn't possible. To prevent erroneous use of entropy input, it is hidden under CRYPTO_USER_API_RNG_CAVP config option and requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN to succeed. Signed-off-by: Elena Petrova <lenaptr@google.com> Acked-by: Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de> Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2020-07-23crypto: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS onesAlexander A. Klimov1-2/+2
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If neither `\bgnu\.org/license`, nor `\bmozilla\.org/MPL\b`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2017-06-22crypto: doc - fix typo in docsBenjamin Peterson1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Peterson <bp@benjamin.pe> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2016-12-14crypto: doc - convert crypto API documentation to SphinxStephan Mueller1-0/+387
With the conversion of the kernel crypto API DocBook to Sphinx, the monolithic document is broken up into individual documents. The documentation is unchanged with the exception of a slight reordering to keep the individual document parts self-contained. Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>