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diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-aead.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api-aead.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d15256f1a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-aead.rst @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Algorithm Definitions +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h + :doc: Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Cipher API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h + :functions: aead_request aead_alg + +Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Cipher API +--------------------------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_aead crypto_free_aead crypto_aead_ivsize crypto_aead_authsize crypto_aead_blocksize crypto_aead_setkey crypto_aead_setauthsize crypto_aead_encrypt crypto_aead_decrypt + +Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle +-------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h + :doc: Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h + :functions: crypto_aead_reqsize aead_request_set_tfm aead_request_alloc aead_request_free aead_request_set_callback aead_request_set_crypt aead_request_set_ad diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-akcipher.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api-akcipher.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..40aa8746e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-akcipher.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Asymmetric Cipher Algorithm Definitions +--------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/akcipher.h + :functions: akcipher_alg akcipher_request + +Asymmetric Cipher API +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/akcipher.h + :doc: Generic Public Key API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/akcipher.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_akcipher crypto_free_akcipher crypto_akcipher_set_pub_key crypto_akcipher_set_priv_key crypto_akcipher_maxsize crypto_akcipher_encrypt crypto_akcipher_decrypt crypto_akcipher_sign crypto_akcipher_verify + +Asymmetric Cipher Request Handle +-------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/akcipher.h + :functions: akcipher_request_alloc akcipher_request_free akcipher_request_set_callback akcipher_request_set_crypt diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-digest.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api-digest.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7a1e670d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-digest.rst @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Message Digest Algorithm Definitions +------------------------------------ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :doc: Message Digest Algorithm Definitions + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :functions: hash_alg_common ahash_alg shash_alg + +Asynchronous Message Digest API +------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :doc: Asynchronous Message Digest API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_ahash crypto_free_ahash crypto_ahash_init crypto_ahash_digestsize crypto_ahash_reqtfm crypto_ahash_reqsize crypto_ahash_statesize crypto_ahash_setkey crypto_ahash_finup crypto_ahash_final crypto_ahash_digest crypto_ahash_export crypto_ahash_import + +Asynchronous Hash Request Handle +-------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :doc: Asynchronous Hash Request Handle + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :functions: ahash_request_set_tfm ahash_request_alloc ahash_request_free ahash_request_set_callback ahash_request_set_crypt + +Synchronous Message Digest API +------------------------------ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :doc: Synchronous Message Digest API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/hash.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_shash crypto_free_shash crypto_shash_blocksize crypto_shash_digestsize crypto_shash_descsize crypto_shash_setkey crypto_shash_digest crypto_shash_export crypto_shash_import crypto_shash_init crypto_shash_update crypto_shash_final crypto_shash_finup diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt b/Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..45d943fca --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt @@ -0,0 +1,250 @@ + + Scatterlist Cryptographic API + +INTRODUCTION + +The Scatterlist Crypto API takes page vectors (scatterlists) as +arguments, and works directly on pages. In some cases (e.g. ECB +mode ciphers), this will allow for pages to be encrypted in-place +with no copying. + +One of the initial goals of this design was to readily support IPsec, +so that processing can be applied to paged skb's without the need +for linearization. + + +DETAILS + +At the lowest level are algorithms, which register dynamically with the +API. + +'Transforms' are user-instantiated objects, which maintain state, handle all +of the implementation logic (e.g. manipulating page vectors) and provide an +abstraction to the underlying algorithms. However, at the user +level they are very simple. + +Conceptually, the API layering looks like this: + + [transform api] (user interface) + [transform ops] (per-type logic glue e.g. cipher.c, compress.c) + [algorithm api] (for registering algorithms) + +The idea is to make the user interface and algorithm registration API +very simple, while hiding the core logic from both. Many good ideas +from existing APIs such as Cryptoapi and Nettle have been adapted for this. + +The API currently supports five main types of transforms: AEAD (Authenticated +Encryption with Associated Data), Block Ciphers, Ciphers, Compressors and +Hashes. + +Please note that Block Ciphers is somewhat of a misnomer. It is in fact +meant to support all ciphers including stream ciphers. The difference +between Block Ciphers and Ciphers is that the latter operates on exactly +one block while the former can operate on an arbitrary amount of data, +subject to block size requirements (i.e., non-stream ciphers can only +process multiples of blocks). + +Here's an example of how to use the API: + + #include <crypto/hash.h> + #include <linux/err.h> + #include <linux/scatterlist.h> + + struct scatterlist sg[2]; + char result[128]; + struct crypto_ahash *tfm; + struct ahash_request *req; + + tfm = crypto_alloc_ahash("md5", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC); + if (IS_ERR(tfm)) + fail(); + + /* ... set up the scatterlists ... */ + + req = ahash_request_alloc(tfm, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!req) + fail(); + + ahash_request_set_callback(req, 0, NULL, NULL); + ahash_request_set_crypt(req, sg, result, 2); + + if (crypto_ahash_digest(req)) + fail(); + + ahash_request_free(req); + crypto_free_ahash(tfm); + + +Many real examples are available in the regression test module (tcrypt.c). + + +DEVELOPER NOTES + +Transforms may only be allocated in user context, and cryptographic +methods may only be called from softirq and user contexts. For +transforms with a setkey method it too should only be called from +user context. + +When using the API for ciphers, performance will be optimal if each +scatterlist contains data which is a multiple of the cipher's block +size (typically 8 bytes). This prevents having to do any copying +across non-aligned page fragment boundaries. + + +ADDING NEW ALGORITHMS + +When submitting a new algorithm for inclusion, a mandatory requirement +is that at least a few test vectors from known sources (preferably +standards) be included. + +Converting existing well known code is preferred, as it is more likely +to have been reviewed and widely tested. If submitting code from LGPL +sources, please consider changing the license to GPL (see section 3 of +the LGPL). + +Algorithms submitted must also be generally patent-free (e.g. IDEA +will not be included in the mainline until around 2011), and be based +on a recognized standard and/or have been subjected to appropriate +peer review. + +Also check for any RFCs which may relate to the use of specific algorithms, +as well as general application notes such as RFC2451 ("The ESP CBC-Mode +Cipher Algorithms"). + +It's a good idea to avoid using lots of macros and use inlined functions +instead, as gcc does a good job with inlining, while excessive use of +macros can cause compilation problems on some platforms. + +Also check the TODO list at the web site listed below to see what people +might already be working on. + + +BUGS + +Send bug reports to: +linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org +Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>, + David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> + + +FURTHER INFORMATION + +For further patches and various updates, including the current TODO +list, see: +http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/crypto/ + + +AUTHORS + +James Morris +David S. Miller +Herbert Xu + + +CREDITS + +The following people provided invaluable feedback during the development +of the API: + + Alexey Kuznetzov + Rusty Russell + Herbert Valerio Riedel + Jeff Garzik + Michael Richardson + Andrew Morton + Ingo Oeser + Christoph Hellwig + +Portions of this API were derived from the following projects: + + Kerneli Cryptoapi (http://www.kerneli.org/) + Alexander Kjeldaas + Herbert Valerio Riedel + Kyle McMartin + Jean-Luc Cooke + David Bryson + Clemens Fruhwirth + Tobias Ringstrom + Harald Welte + +and; + + Nettle (http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/) + Niels Möller + +Original developers of the crypto algorithms: + + Dana L. How (DES) + Andrew Tridgell and Steve French (MD4) + Colin Plumb (MD5) + Steve Reid (SHA1) + Jean-Luc Cooke (SHA256, SHA384, SHA512) + Kazunori Miyazawa / USAGI (HMAC) + Matthew Skala (Twofish) + Dag Arne Osvik (Serpent) + Brian Gladman (AES) + Kartikey Mahendra Bhatt (CAST6) + Jon Oberheide (ARC4) + Jouni Malinen (Michael MIC) + NTT(Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) (Camellia) + +SHA1 algorithm contributors: + Jean-Francois Dive + +DES algorithm contributors: + Raimar Falke + Gisle Sælensminde + Niels Möller + +Blowfish algorithm contributors: + Herbert Valerio Riedel + Kyle McMartin + +Twofish algorithm contributors: + Werner Koch + Marc Mutz + +SHA256/384/512 algorithm contributors: + Andrew McDonald + Kyle McMartin + Herbert Valerio Riedel + +AES algorithm contributors: + Alexander Kjeldaas + Herbert Valerio Riedel + Kyle McMartin + Adam J. Richter + Fruhwirth Clemens (i586) + Linus Torvalds (i586) + +CAST5 algorithm contributors: + Kartikey Mahendra Bhatt (original developers unknown, FSF copyright). + +TEA/XTEA algorithm contributors: + Aaron Grothe + Michael Ringe + +Khazad algorithm contributors: + Aaron Grothe + +Whirlpool algorithm contributors: + Aaron Grothe + Jean-Luc Cooke + +Anubis algorithm contributors: + Aaron Grothe + +Tiger algorithm contributors: + Aaron Grothe + +VIA PadLock contributors: + Michal Ludvig + +Camellia algorithm contributors: + NTT(Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) (Camellia) + +Generic scatterwalk code by Adam J. Richter <adam@yggdrasil.com> + +Please send any credits updates or corrections to: +Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> + diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-kpp.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api-kpp.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7d86ab906 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-kpp.rst @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Key-agreement Protocol Primitives (KPP) Cipher Algorithm Definitions +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/kpp.h + :functions: kpp_request crypto_kpp kpp_alg kpp_secret + +Key-agreement Protocol Primitives (KPP) Cipher API +-------------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/kpp.h + :doc: Generic Key-agreement Protocol Primitives API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/kpp.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_kpp crypto_free_kpp crypto_kpp_set_secret crypto_kpp_generate_public_key crypto_kpp_compute_shared_secret crypto_kpp_maxsize + +Key-agreement Protocol Primitives (KPP) Cipher Request Handle +------------------------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/kpp.h + :functions: kpp_request_alloc kpp_request_free kpp_request_set_callback kpp_request_set_input kpp_request_set_output + +ECDH Helper Functions +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/ecdh.h + :doc: ECDH Helper Functions + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/ecdh.h + :functions: ecdh crypto_ecdh_key_len crypto_ecdh_encode_key crypto_ecdh_decode_key + +DH Helper Functions +------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/dh.h + :doc: DH Helper Functions + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/dh.h + :functions: dh crypto_dh_key_len crypto_dh_encode_key crypto_dh_decode_key diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-rng.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api-rng.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..10ba7436c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-rng.rst @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Random Number Algorithm Definitions +----------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/rng.h + :functions: rng_alg + +Crypto API Random Number API +---------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/rng.h + :doc: Random number generator API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/rng.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_rng crypto_rng_alg crypto_free_rng crypto_rng_generate crypto_rng_get_bytes crypto_rng_reset crypto_rng_seedsize diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-samples.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api-samples.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0f6ca8b72 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-samples.rst @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@ +Code Examples +============= + +Code Example For Symmetric Key Cipher Operation +----------------------------------------------- + +:: + + + /* tie all data structures together */ + struct skcipher_def { + struct scatterlist sg; + struct crypto_skcipher *tfm; + struct skcipher_request *req; + struct crypto_wait wait; + }; + + /* Perform cipher operation */ + static unsigned int test_skcipher_encdec(struct skcipher_def *sk, + int enc) + { + int rc; + + if (enc) + rc = crypto_wait_req(crypto_skcipher_encrypt(sk->req), &sk->wait); + else + rc = crypto_wait_req(crypto_skcipher_decrypt(sk->req), &sk->wait); + + if (rc) + pr_info("skcipher encrypt returned with result %d\n", rc); + + return rc; + } + + /* Initialize and trigger cipher operation */ + static int test_skcipher(void) + { + struct skcipher_def sk; + struct crypto_skcipher *skcipher = NULL; + struct skcipher_request *req = NULL; + char *scratchpad = NULL; + char *ivdata = NULL; + unsigned char key[32]; + int ret = -EFAULT; + + skcipher = crypto_alloc_skcipher("cbc-aes-aesni", 0, 0); + if (IS_ERR(skcipher)) { + pr_info("could not allocate skcipher handle\n"); + return PTR_ERR(skcipher); + } + + req = skcipher_request_alloc(skcipher, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!req) { + pr_info("could not allocate skcipher request\n"); + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } + + skcipher_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG, + crypto_req_done, + &sk.wait); + + /* AES 256 with random key */ + get_random_bytes(&key, 32); + if (crypto_skcipher_setkey(skcipher, key, 32)) { + pr_info("key could not be set\n"); + ret = -EAGAIN; + goto out; + } + + /* IV will be random */ + ivdata = kmalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!ivdata) { + pr_info("could not allocate ivdata\n"); + goto out; + } + get_random_bytes(ivdata, 16); + + /* Input data will be random */ + scratchpad = kmalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!scratchpad) { + pr_info("could not allocate scratchpad\n"); + goto out; + } + get_random_bytes(scratchpad, 16); + + sk.tfm = skcipher; + sk.req = req; + + /* We encrypt one block */ + sg_init_one(&sk.sg, scratchpad, 16); + skcipher_request_set_crypt(req, &sk.sg, &sk.sg, 16, ivdata); + crypto_init_wait(&sk.wait); + + /* encrypt data */ + ret = test_skcipher_encdec(&sk, 1); + if (ret) + goto out; + + pr_info("Encryption triggered successfully\n"); + + out: + if (skcipher) + crypto_free_skcipher(skcipher); + if (req) + skcipher_request_free(req); + if (ivdata) + kfree(ivdata); + if (scratchpad) + kfree(scratchpad); + return ret; + } + + +Code Example For Use of Operational State Memory With SHASH +----------------------------------------------------------- + +:: + + + struct sdesc { + struct shash_desc shash; + char ctx[]; + }; + + static struct sdesc *init_sdesc(struct crypto_shash *alg) + { + struct sdesc *sdesc; + int size; + + size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(alg); + sdesc = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!sdesc) + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + sdesc->shash.tfm = alg; + sdesc->shash.flags = 0x0; + return sdesc; + } + + static int calc_hash(struct crypto_shash *alg, + const unsigned char *data, unsigned int datalen, + unsigned char *digest) + { + struct sdesc *sdesc; + int ret; + + sdesc = init_sdesc(alg); + if (IS_ERR(sdesc)) { + pr_info("can't alloc sdesc\n"); + return PTR_ERR(sdesc); + } + + ret = crypto_shash_digest(&sdesc->shash, data, datalen, digest); + kfree(sdesc); + return ret; + } + + static int test_hash(const unsigned char *data, unsigned int datalen, + unsigned char *digest) + { + struct crypto_shash *alg; + char *hash_alg_name = "sha1-padlock-nano"; + int ret; + + alg = crypto_alloc_shash(hash_alg_name, 0, 0); + if (IS_ERR(alg)) { + pr_info("can't alloc alg %s\n", hash_alg_name); + return PTR_ERR(alg); + } + ret = calc_hash(alg, data, datalen, digest); + crypto_free_shash(alg); + return ret; + } + + +Code Example For Random Number Generator Usage +---------------------------------------------- + +:: + + + static int get_random_numbers(u8 *buf, unsigned int len) + { + struct crypto_rng *rng = NULL; + char *drbg = "drbg_nopr_sha256"; /* Hash DRBG with SHA-256, no PR */ + int ret; + + if (!buf || !len) { + pr_debug("No output buffer provided\n"); + return -EINVAL; + } + + rng = crypto_alloc_rng(drbg, 0, 0); + if (IS_ERR(rng)) { + pr_debug("could not allocate RNG handle for %s\n", drbg); + return PTR_ERR(rng); + } + + ret = crypto_rng_get_bytes(rng, buf, len); + if (ret < 0) + pr_debug("generation of random numbers failed\n"); + else if (ret == 0) + pr_debug("RNG returned no data"); + else + pr_debug("RNG returned %d bytes of data\n", ret); + + out: + crypto_free_rng(rng); + return ret; + } diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-skcipher.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api-skcipher.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4eec4a93f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-skcipher.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +Block Cipher Algorithm Definitions +---------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :doc: Block Cipher Algorithm Definitions + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :functions: crypto_alg ablkcipher_alg blkcipher_alg cipher_alg + +Symmetric Key Cipher API +------------------------ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/skcipher.h + :doc: Symmetric Key Cipher API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/skcipher.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_skcipher crypto_free_skcipher crypto_has_skcipher crypto_skcipher_ivsize crypto_skcipher_blocksize crypto_skcipher_setkey crypto_skcipher_reqtfm crypto_skcipher_encrypt crypto_skcipher_decrypt + +Symmetric Key Cipher Request Handle +----------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/skcipher.h + :doc: Symmetric Key Cipher Request Handle + +.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/skcipher.h + :functions: crypto_skcipher_reqsize skcipher_request_set_tfm skcipher_request_alloc skcipher_request_free skcipher_request_set_callback skcipher_request_set_crypt + +Single Block Cipher API +----------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :doc: Single Block Cipher API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_cipher crypto_free_cipher crypto_has_cipher crypto_cipher_blocksize crypto_cipher_setkey crypto_cipher_encrypt_one crypto_cipher_decrypt_one + +Asynchronous Block Cipher API - Deprecated +------------------------------------------ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :doc: Asynchronous Block Cipher API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :functions: crypto_free_ablkcipher crypto_has_ablkcipher crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize crypto_ablkcipher_blocksize crypto_ablkcipher_setkey crypto_ablkcipher_reqtfm crypto_ablkcipher_encrypt crypto_ablkcipher_decrypt + +Asynchronous Cipher Request Handle - Deprecated +----------------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :doc: Asynchronous Cipher Request Handle + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :functions: crypto_ablkcipher_reqsize ablkcipher_request_set_tfm ablkcipher_request_alloc ablkcipher_request_free ablkcipher_request_set_callback ablkcipher_request_set_crypt + +Synchronous Block Cipher API - Deprecated +----------------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :doc: Synchronous Block Cipher API + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/crypto.h + :functions: crypto_alloc_blkcipher crypto_free_blkcipher crypto_has_blkcipher crypto_blkcipher_name crypto_blkcipher_ivsize crypto_blkcipher_blocksize crypto_blkcipher_setkey crypto_blkcipher_encrypt crypto_blkcipher_encrypt_iv crypto_blkcipher_decrypt crypto_blkcipher_decrypt_iv crypto_blkcipher_set_iv crypto_blkcipher_get_iv diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2e519193a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Programming Interface +===================== + +Please note that the kernel crypto API contains the AEAD givcrypt API +(crypto_aead_giv\* and aead_givcrypt\* function calls in +include/crypto/aead.h). This API is obsolete and will be removed in the +future. To obtain the functionality of an AEAD cipher with internal IV +generation, use the IV generator as a regular cipher. For example, +rfc4106(gcm(aes)) is the AEAD cipher with external IV generation and +seqniv(rfc4106(gcm(aes))) implies that the kernel crypto API generates +the IV. Different IV generators are available. + +.. class:: toc-title + + Table of contents + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + api-skcipher + api-aead + api-digest + api-rng + api-akcipher + api-kpp diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst b/Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca2d09b99 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst @@ -0,0 +1,441 @@ +Kernel Crypto API Architecture +============================== + +Cipher algorithm types +---------------------- + +The kernel crypto API provides different API calls for the following +cipher types: + +- Symmetric ciphers + +- AEAD ciphers + +- Message digest, including keyed message digest + +- Random number generation + +- User space interface + +Ciphers And Templates +--------------------- + +The kernel crypto API provides implementations of single block ciphers +and message digests. In addition, the kernel crypto API provides +numerous "templates" that can be used in conjunction with the single +block ciphers and message digests. Templates include all types of block +chaining mode, the HMAC mechanism, etc. + +Single block ciphers and message digests can either be directly used by +a caller or invoked together with a template to form multi-block ciphers +or keyed message digests. + +A single block cipher may even be called with multiple templates. +However, templates cannot be used without a single cipher. + +See /proc/crypto and search for "name". For example: + +- aes + +- ecb(aes) + +- cmac(aes) + +- ccm(aes) + +- rfc4106(gcm(aes)) + +- sha1 + +- hmac(sha1) + +- authenc(hmac(sha1),cbc(aes)) + +In these examples, "aes" and "sha1" are the ciphers and all others are +the templates. + +Synchronous And Asynchronous Operation +-------------------------------------- + +The kernel crypto API provides synchronous and asynchronous API +operations. + +When using the synchronous API operation, the caller invokes a cipher +operation which is performed synchronously by the kernel crypto API. +That means, the caller waits until the cipher operation completes. +Therefore, the kernel crypto API calls work like regular function calls. +For synchronous operation, the set of API calls is small and +conceptually similar to any other crypto library. + +Asynchronous operation is provided by the kernel crypto API which +implies that the invocation of a cipher operation will complete almost +instantly. That invocation triggers the cipher operation but it does not +signal its completion. Before invoking a cipher operation, the caller +must provide a callback function the kernel crypto API can invoke to +signal the completion of the cipher operation. Furthermore, the caller +must ensure it can handle such asynchronous events by applying +appropriate locking around its data. The kernel crypto API does not +perform any special serialization operation to protect the caller's data +integrity. + +Crypto API Cipher References And Priority +----------------------------------------- + +A cipher is referenced by the caller with a string. That string has the +following semantics: + +:: + + template(single block cipher) + + +where "template" and "single block cipher" is the aforementioned +template and single block cipher, respectively. If applicable, +additional templates may enclose other templates, such as + +:: + + template1(template2(single block cipher))) + + +The kernel crypto API may provide multiple implementations of a template +or a single block cipher. For example, AES on newer Intel hardware has +the following implementations: AES-NI, assembler implementation, or +straight C. Now, when using the string "aes" with the kernel crypto API, +which cipher implementation is used? The answer to that question is the +priority number assigned to each cipher implementation by the kernel +crypto API. When a caller uses the string to refer to a cipher during +initialization of a cipher handle, the kernel crypto API looks up all +implementations providing an implementation with that name and selects +the implementation with the highest priority. + +Now, a caller may have the need to refer to a specific cipher +implementation and thus does not want to rely on the priority-based +selection. To accommodate this scenario, the kernel crypto API allows +the cipher implementation to register a unique name in addition to +common names. When using that unique name, a caller is therefore always +sure to refer to the intended cipher implementation. + +The list of available ciphers is given in /proc/crypto. However, that +list does not specify all possible permutations of templates and +ciphers. Each block listed in /proc/crypto may contain the following +information -- if one of the components listed as follows are not +applicable to a cipher, it is not displayed: + +- name: the generic name of the cipher that is subject to the + priority-based selection -- this name can be used by the cipher + allocation API calls (all names listed above are examples for such + generic names) + +- driver: the unique name of the cipher -- this name can be used by the + cipher allocation API calls + +- module: the kernel module providing the cipher implementation (or + "kernel" for statically linked ciphers) + +- priority: the priority value of the cipher implementation + +- refcnt: the reference count of the respective cipher (i.e. the number + of current consumers of this cipher) + +- selftest: specification whether the self test for the cipher passed + +- type: + + - skcipher for symmetric key ciphers + + - cipher for single block ciphers that may be used with an + additional template + + - shash for synchronous message digest + + - ahash for asynchronous message digest + + - aead for AEAD cipher type + + - compression for compression type transformations + + - rng for random number generator + + - givcipher for cipher with associated IV generator (see the geniv + entry below for the specification of the IV generator type used by + the cipher implementation) + + - kpp for a Key-agreement Protocol Primitive (KPP) cipher such as + an ECDH or DH implementation + +- blocksize: blocksize of cipher in bytes + +- keysize: key size in bytes + +- ivsize: IV size in bytes + +- seedsize: required size of seed data for random number generator + +- digestsize: output size of the message digest + +- geniv: IV generation type: + + - eseqiv for encrypted sequence number based IV generation + + - seqiv for sequence number based IV generation + + - chainiv for chain iv generation + + - <builtin> is a marker that the cipher implements IV generation and + handling as it is specific to the given cipher + +Key Sizes +--------- + +When allocating a cipher handle, the caller only specifies the cipher +type. Symmetric ciphers, however, typically support multiple key sizes +(e.g. AES-128 vs. AES-192 vs. AES-256). These key sizes are determined +with the length of the provided key. Thus, the kernel crypto API does +not provide a separate way to select the particular symmetric cipher key +size. + +Cipher Allocation Type And Masks +-------------------------------- + +The different cipher handle allocation functions allow the specification +of a type and mask flag. Both parameters have the following meaning (and +are therefore not covered in the subsequent sections). + +The type flag specifies the type of the cipher algorithm. The caller +usually provides a 0 when the caller wants the default handling. +Otherwise, the caller may provide the following selections which match +the aforementioned cipher types: + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER Single block cipher + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_COMPRESS Compression + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AEAD Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data + (MAC) + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_BLKCIPHER Synchronous multi-block cipher + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_ABLKCIPHER Asynchronous multi-block cipher + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_GIVCIPHER Asynchronous multi-block cipher packed + together with an IV generator (see geniv field in the /proc/crypto + listing for the known IV generators) + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_KPP Key-agreement Protocol Primitive (KPP) such as + an ECDH or DH implementation + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_DIGEST Raw message digest + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_HASH Alias for CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_DIGEST + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_SHASH Synchronous multi-block hash + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH Asynchronous multi-block hash + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_RNG Random Number Generation + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AKCIPHER Asymmetric cipher + +- CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_PCOMPRESS Enhanced version of + CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_COMPRESS allowing for segmented compression / + decompression instead of performing the operation on one segment + only. CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_PCOMPRESS is intended to replace + CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_COMPRESS once existing consumers are converted. + +The mask flag restricts the type of cipher. The only allowed flag is +CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC to restrict the cipher lookup function to +asynchronous ciphers. Usually, a caller provides a 0 for the mask flag. + +When the caller provides a mask and type specification, the caller +limits the search the kernel crypto API can perform for a suitable +cipher implementation for the given cipher name. That means, even when a +caller uses a cipher name that exists during its initialization call, +the kernel crypto API may not select it due to the used type and mask +field. + +Internal Structure of Kernel Crypto API +--------------------------------------- + +The kernel crypto API has an internal structure where a cipher +implementation may use many layers and indirections. This section shall +help to clarify how the kernel crypto API uses various components to +implement the complete cipher. + +The following subsections explain the internal structure based on +existing cipher implementations. The first section addresses the most +complex scenario where all other scenarios form a logical subset. + +Generic AEAD Cipher Structure +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The following ASCII art decomposes the kernel crypto API layers when +using the AEAD cipher with the automated IV generation. The shown +example is used by the IPSEC layer. + +For other use cases of AEAD ciphers, the ASCII art applies as well, but +the caller may not use the AEAD cipher with a separate IV generator. In +this case, the caller must generate the IV. + +The depicted example decomposes the AEAD cipher of GCM(AES) based on the +generic C implementations (gcm.c, aes-generic.c, ctr.c, ghash-generic.c, +seqiv.c). The generic implementation serves as an example showing the +complete logic of the kernel crypto API. + +It is possible that some streamlined cipher implementations (like +AES-NI) provide implementations merging aspects which in the view of the +kernel crypto API cannot be decomposed into layers any more. In case of +the AES-NI implementation, the CTR mode, the GHASH implementation and +the AES cipher are all merged into one cipher implementation registered +with the kernel crypto API. In this case, the concept described by the +following ASCII art applies too. However, the decomposition of GCM into +the individual sub-components by the kernel crypto API is not done any +more. + +Each block in the following ASCII art is an independent cipher instance +obtained from the kernel crypto API. Each block is accessed by the +caller or by other blocks using the API functions defined by the kernel +crypto API for the cipher implementation type. + +The blocks below indicate the cipher type as well as the specific logic +implemented in the cipher. + +The ASCII art picture also indicates the call structure, i.e. who calls +which component. The arrows point to the invoked block where the caller +uses the API applicable to the cipher type specified for the block. + +:: + + + kernel crypto API | IPSEC Layer + | + +-----------+ | + | | (1) + | aead | <----------------------------------- esp_output + | (seqiv) | ---+ + +-----------+ | + | (2) + +-----------+ | + | | <--+ (2) + | aead | <----------------------------------- esp_input + | (gcm) | ------------+ + +-----------+ | + | (3) | (5) + v v + +-----------+ +-----------+ + | | | | + | skcipher | | ahash | + | (ctr) | ---+ | (ghash) | + +-----------+ | +-----------+ + | + +-----------+ | (4) + | | <--+ + | cipher | + | (aes) | + +-----------+ + + + +The following call sequence is applicable when the IPSEC layer triggers +an encryption operation with the esp_output function. During +configuration, the administrator set up the use of rfc4106(gcm(aes)) as +the cipher for ESP. The following call sequence is now depicted in the +ASCII art above: + +1. esp_output() invokes crypto_aead_encrypt() to trigger an + encryption operation of the AEAD cipher with IV generator. + + In case of GCM, the SEQIV implementation is registered as GIVCIPHER + in crypto_rfc4106_alloc(). + + The SEQIV performs its operation to generate an IV where the core + function is seqiv_geniv(). + +2. Now, SEQIV uses the AEAD API function calls to invoke the associated + AEAD cipher. In our case, during the instantiation of SEQIV, the + cipher handle for GCM is provided to SEQIV. This means that SEQIV + invokes AEAD cipher operations with the GCM cipher handle. + + During instantiation of the GCM handle, the CTR(AES) and GHASH + ciphers are instantiated. The cipher handles for CTR(AES) and GHASH + are retained for later use. + + The GCM implementation is responsible to invoke the CTR mode AES and + the GHASH cipher in the right manner to implement the GCM + specification. + +3. The GCM AEAD cipher type implementation now invokes the SKCIPHER API + with the instantiated CTR(AES) cipher handle. + + During instantiation of the CTR(AES) cipher, the CIPHER type + implementation of AES is instantiated. The cipher handle for AES is + retained. + + That means that the SKCIPHER implementation of CTR(AES) only + implements the CTR block chaining mode. After performing the block + chaining operation, the CIPHER implementation of AES is invoked. + +4. The SKCIPHER of CTR(AES) now invokes the CIPHER API with the AES + cipher handle to encrypt one block. + +5. The GCM AEAD implementation also invokes the GHASH cipher + implementation via the AHASH API. + +When the IPSEC layer triggers the esp_input() function, the same call +sequence is followed with the only difference that the operation starts +with step (2). + +Generic Block Cipher Structure +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Generic block ciphers follow the same concept as depicted with the ASCII +art picture above. + +For example, CBC(AES) is implemented with cbc.c, and aes-generic.c. The +ASCII art picture above applies as well with the difference that only +step (4) is used and the SKCIPHER block chaining mode is CBC. + +Generic Keyed Message Digest Structure +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Keyed message digest implementations again follow the same concept as +depicted in the ASCII art picture above. + +For example, HMAC(SHA256) is implemented with hmac.c and +sha256_generic.c. The following ASCII art illustrates the +implementation: + +:: + + + kernel crypto API | Caller + | + +-----------+ (1) | + | | <------------------ some_function + | ahash | + | (hmac) | ---+ + +-----------+ | + | (2) + +-----------+ | + | | <--+ + | shash | + | (sha256) | + +-----------+ + + + +The following call sequence is applicable when a caller triggers an HMAC +operation: + +1. The AHASH API functions are invoked by the caller. The HMAC + implementation performs its operation as needed. + + During initialization of the HMAC cipher, the SHASH cipher type of + SHA256 is instantiated. The cipher handle for the SHA256 instance is + retained. + + At one time, the HMAC implementation requires a SHA256 operation + where the SHA256 cipher handle is used. + +2. The HMAC instance now invokes the SHASH API with the SHA256 cipher + handle to calculate the message digest. diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/asymmetric-keys.txt b/Documentation/crypto/asymmetric-keys.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5969bf425 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/asymmetric-keys.txt @@ -0,0 +1,413 @@ + ============================================= + ASYMMETRIC / PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY KEY TYPE + ============================================= + +Contents: + + - Overview. + - Key identification. + - Accessing asymmetric keys. + - Signature verification. + - Asymmetric key subtypes. + - Instantiation data parsers. + - Keyring link restrictions. + + +======== +OVERVIEW +======== + +The "asymmetric" key type is designed to be a container for the keys used in +public-key cryptography, without imposing any particular restrictions on the +form or mechanism of the cryptography or form of the key. + +The asymmetric key is given a subtype that defines what sort of data is +associated with the key and provides operations to describe and destroy it. +However, no requirement is made that the key data actually be stored in the +key. + +A completely in-kernel key retention and operation subtype can be defined, but +it would also be possible to provide access to cryptographic hardware (such as +a TPM) that might be used to both retain the relevant key and perform +operations using that key. In such a case, the asymmetric key would then +merely be an interface to the TPM driver. + +Also provided is the concept of a data parser. Data parsers are responsible +for extracting information from the blobs of data passed to the instantiation +function. The first data parser that recognises the blob gets to set the +subtype of the key and define the operations that can be done on that key. + +A data parser may interpret the data blob as containing the bits representing a +key, or it may interpret it as a reference to a key held somewhere else in the +system (for example, a TPM). + + +================== +KEY IDENTIFICATION +================== + +If a key is added with an empty name, the instantiation data parsers are given +the opportunity to pre-parse a key and to determine the description the key +should be given from the content of the key. + +This can then be used to refer to the key, either by complete match or by +partial match. The key type may also use other criteria to refer to a key. + +The asymmetric key type's match function can then perform a wider range of +comparisons than just the straightforward comparison of the description with +the criterion string: + + (1) If the criterion string is of the form "id:<hexdigits>" then the match + function will examine a key's fingerprint to see if the hex digits given + after the "id:" match the tail. For instance: + + keyctl search @s asymmetric id:5acc2142 + + will match a key with fingerprint: + + 1A00 2040 7601 7889 DE11 882C 3823 04AD 5ACC 2142 + + (2) If the criterion string is of the form "<subtype>:<hexdigits>" then the + match will match the ID as in (1), but with the added restriction that + only keys of the specified subtype (e.g. tpm) will be matched. For + instance: + + keyctl search @s asymmetric tpm:5acc2142 + +Looking in /proc/keys, the last 8 hex digits of the key fingerprint are +displayed, along with the subtype: + + 1a39e171 I----- 1 perm 3f010000 0 0 asymmetric modsign.0: DSA 5acc2142 [] + + +========================= +ACCESSING ASYMMETRIC KEYS +========================= + +For general access to asymmetric keys from within the kernel, the following +inclusion is required: + + #include <crypto/public_key.h> + +This gives access to functions for dealing with asymmetric / public keys. +Three enums are defined there for representing public-key cryptography +algorithms: + + enum pkey_algo + +digest algorithms used by those: + + enum pkey_hash_algo + +and key identifier representations: + + enum pkey_id_type + +Note that the key type representation types are required because key +identifiers from different standards aren't necessarily compatible. For +instance, PGP generates key identifiers by hashing the key data plus some +PGP-specific metadata, whereas X.509 has arbitrary certificate identifiers. + +The operations defined upon a key are: + + (1) Signature verification. + +Other operations are possible (such as encryption) with the same key data +required for verification, but not currently supported, and others +(eg. decryption and signature generation) require extra key data. + + +SIGNATURE VERIFICATION +---------------------- + +An operation is provided to perform cryptographic signature verification, using +an asymmetric key to provide or to provide access to the public key. + + int verify_signature(const struct key *key, + const struct public_key_signature *sig); + +The caller must have already obtained the key from some source and can then use +it to check the signature. The caller must have parsed the signature and +transferred the relevant bits to the structure pointed to by sig. + + struct public_key_signature { + u8 *digest; + u8 digest_size; + enum pkey_hash_algo pkey_hash_algo : 8; + u8 nr_mpi; + union { + MPI mpi[2]; + ... + }; + }; + +The algorithm used must be noted in sig->pkey_hash_algo, and all the MPIs that +make up the actual signature must be stored in sig->mpi[] and the count of MPIs +placed in sig->nr_mpi. + +In addition, the data must have been digested by the caller and the resulting +hash must be pointed to by sig->digest and the size of the hash be placed in +sig->digest_size. + +The function will return 0 upon success or -EKEYREJECTED if the signature +doesn't match. + +The function may also return -ENOTSUPP if an unsupported public-key algorithm +or public-key/hash algorithm combination is specified or the key doesn't +support the operation; -EBADMSG or -ERANGE if some of the parameters have weird +data; or -ENOMEM if an allocation can't be performed. -EINVAL can be returned +if the key argument is the wrong type or is incompletely set up. + + +======================= +ASYMMETRIC KEY SUBTYPES +======================= + +Asymmetric keys have a subtype that defines the set of operations that can be +performed on that key and that determines what data is attached as the key +payload. The payload format is entirely at the whim of the subtype. + +The subtype is selected by the key data parser and the parser must initialise +the data required for it. The asymmetric key retains a reference on the +subtype module. + +The subtype definition structure can be found in: + + #include <keys/asymmetric-subtype.h> + +and looks like the following: + + struct asymmetric_key_subtype { + struct module *owner; + const char *name; + + void (*describe)(const struct key *key, struct seq_file *m); + void (*destroy)(void *payload); + int (*verify_signature)(const struct key *key, + const struct public_key_signature *sig); + }; + +Asymmetric keys point to this with their payload[asym_subtype] member. + +The owner and name fields should be set to the owning module and the name of +the subtype. Currently, the name is only used for print statements. + +There are a number of operations defined by the subtype: + + (1) describe(). + + Mandatory. This allows the subtype to display something in /proc/keys + against the key. For instance the name of the public key algorithm type + could be displayed. The key type will display the tail of the key + identity string after this. + + (2) destroy(). + + Mandatory. This should free the memory associated with the key. The + asymmetric key will look after freeing the fingerprint and releasing the + reference on the subtype module. + + (3) verify_signature(). + + Optional. These are the entry points for the key usage operations. + Currently there is only the one defined. If not set, the caller will be + given -ENOTSUPP. The subtype may do anything it likes to implement an + operation, including offloading to hardware. + + +========================== +INSTANTIATION DATA PARSERS +========================== + +The asymmetric key type doesn't generally want to store or to deal with a raw +blob of data that holds the key data. It would have to parse it and error +check it each time it wanted to use it. Further, the contents of the blob may +have various checks that can be performed on it (eg. self-signatures, validity +dates) and may contain useful data about the key (identifiers, capabilities). + +Also, the blob may represent a pointer to some hardware containing the key +rather than the key itself. + +Examples of blob formats for which parsers could be implemented include: + + - OpenPGP packet stream [RFC 4880]. + - X.509 ASN.1 stream. + - Pointer to TPM key. + - Pointer to UEFI key. + +During key instantiation each parser in the list is tried until one doesn't +return -EBADMSG. + +The parser definition structure can be found in: + + #include <keys/asymmetric-parser.h> + +and looks like the following: + + struct asymmetric_key_parser { + struct module *owner; + const char *name; + + int (*parse)(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep); + }; + +The owner and name fields should be set to the owning module and the name of +the parser. + +There is currently only a single operation defined by the parser, and it is +mandatory: + + (1) parse(). + + This is called to preparse the key from the key creation and update paths. + In particular, it is called during the key creation _before_ a key is + allocated, and as such, is permitted to provide the key's description in + the case that the caller declines to do so. + + The caller passes a pointer to the following struct with all of the fields + cleared, except for data, datalen and quotalen [see + Documentation/security/keys/core.rst]. + + struct key_preparsed_payload { + char *description; + void *payload[4]; + const void *data; + size_t datalen; + size_t quotalen; + }; + + The instantiation data is in a blob pointed to by data and is datalen in + size. The parse() function is not permitted to change these two values at + all, and shouldn't change any of the other values _unless_ they are + recognise the blob format and will not return -EBADMSG to indicate it is + not theirs. + + If the parser is happy with the blob, it should propose a description for + the key and attach it to ->description, ->payload[asym_subtype] should be + set to point to the subtype to be used, ->payload[asym_crypto] should be + set to point to the initialised data for that subtype, + ->payload[asym_key_ids] should point to one or more hex fingerprints and + quotalen should be updated to indicate how much quota this key should + account for. + + When clearing up, the data attached to ->payload[asym_key_ids] and + ->description will be kfree()'d and the data attached to + ->payload[asm_crypto] will be passed to the subtype's ->destroy() method + to be disposed of. A module reference for the subtype pointed to by + ->payload[asym_subtype] will be put. + + + If the data format is not recognised, -EBADMSG should be returned. If it + is recognised, but the key cannot for some reason be set up, some other + negative error code should be returned. On success, 0 should be returned. + + The key's fingerprint string may be partially matched upon. For a + public-key algorithm such as RSA and DSA this will likely be a printable + hex version of the key's fingerprint. + +Functions are provided to register and unregister parsers: + + int register_asymmetric_key_parser(struct asymmetric_key_parser *parser); + void unregister_asymmetric_key_parser(struct asymmetric_key_parser *subtype); + +Parsers may not have the same name. The names are otherwise only used for +displaying in debugging messages. + + +========================= +KEYRING LINK RESTRICTIONS +========================= + +Keyrings created from userspace using add_key can be configured to check the +signature of the key being linked. Keys without a valid signature are not +allowed to link. + +Several restriction methods are available: + + (1) Restrict using the kernel builtin trusted keyring + + - Option string used with KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING: + - "builtin_trusted" + + The kernel builtin trusted keyring will be searched for the signing key. + If the builtin trusted keyring is not configured, all links will be + rejected. The ca_keys kernel parameter also affects which keys are used + for signature verification. + + (2) Restrict using the kernel builtin and secondary trusted keyrings + + - Option string used with KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING: + - "builtin_and_secondary_trusted" + + The kernel builtin and secondary trusted keyrings will be searched for the + signing key. If the secondary trusted keyring is not configured, this + restriction will behave like the "builtin_trusted" option. The ca_keys + kernel parameter also affects which keys are used for signature + verification. + + (3) Restrict using a separate key or keyring + + - Option string used with KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING: + - "key_or_keyring:<key or keyring serial number>[:chain]" + + Whenever a key link is requested, the link will only succeed if the key + being linked is signed by one of the designated keys. This key may be + specified directly by providing a serial number for one asymmetric key, or + a group of keys may be searched for the signing key by providing the + serial number for a keyring. + + When the "chain" option is provided at the end of the string, the keys + within the destination keyring will also be searched for signing keys. + This allows for verification of certificate chains by adding each + certificate in order (starting closest to the root) to a keyring. For + instance, one keyring can be populated with links to a set of root + certificates, with a separate, restricted keyring set up for each + certificate chain to be validated: + + # Create and populate a keyring for root certificates + root_id=`keyctl add keyring root-certs "" @s` + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $root_id < root1.cert + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $root_id < root2.cert + + # Create and restrict a keyring for the certificate chain + chain_id=`keyctl add keyring chain "" @s` + keyctl restrict_keyring $chain_id asymmetric key_or_keyring:$root_id:chain + + # Attempt to add each certificate in the chain, starting with the + # certificate closest to the root. + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $chain_id < intermediateA.cert + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $chain_id < intermediateB.cert + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $chain_id < end-entity.cert + + If the final end-entity certificate is successfully added to the "chain" + keyring, we can be certain that it has a valid signing chain going back to + one of the root certificates. + + A single keyring can be used to verify a chain of signatures by + restricting the keyring after linking the root certificate: + + # Create a keyring for the certificate chain and add the root + chain2_id=`keyctl add keyring chain2 "" @s` + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $chain2_id < root1.cert + + # Restrict the keyring that already has root1.cert linked. The cert + # will remain linked by the keyring. + keyctl restrict_keyring $chain2_id asymmetric key_or_keyring:0:chain + + # Attempt to add each certificate in the chain, starting with the + # certificate closest to the root. + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $chain2_id < intermediateA.cert + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $chain2_id < intermediateB.cert + keyctl padd asymmetric "" $chain2_id < end-entity.cert + + If the final end-entity certificate is successfully added to the "chain2" + keyring, we can be certain that there is a valid signing chain going back + to the root certificate that was added before the keyring was restricted. + + +In all of these cases, if the signing key is found the signature of the key to +be linked will be verified using the signing key. The requested key is added +to the keyring only if the signature is successfully verified. -ENOKEY is +returned if the parent certificate could not be found, or -EKEYREJECTED is +returned if the signature check fails or the key is blacklisted. Other errors +may be returned if the signature check could not be performed. diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7bf1be20d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt @@ -0,0 +1,225 @@ + Asynchronous Transfers/Transforms API + +1 INTRODUCTION + +2 GENEALOGY + +3 USAGE +3.1 General format of the API +3.2 Supported operations +3.3 Descriptor management +3.4 When does the operation execute? +3.5 When does the operation complete? +3.6 Constraints +3.7 Example + +4 DMAENGINE DRIVER DEVELOPER NOTES +4.1 Conformance points +4.2 "My application needs exclusive control of hardware channels" + +5 SOURCE + +--- + +1 INTRODUCTION + +The async_tx API provides methods for describing a chain of asynchronous +bulk memory transfers/transforms with support for inter-transactional +dependencies. It is implemented as a dmaengine client that smooths over +the details of different hardware offload engine implementations. Code +that is written to the API can optimize for asynchronous operation and +the API will fit the chain of operations to the available offload +resources. + +2 GENEALOGY + +The API was initially designed to offload the memory copy and +xor-parity-calculations of the md-raid5 driver using the offload engines +present in the Intel(R) Xscale series of I/O processors. It also built +on the 'dmaengine' layer developed for offloading memory copies in the +network stack using Intel(R) I/OAT engines. The following design +features surfaced as a result: +1/ implicit synchronous path: users of the API do not need to know if + the platform they are running on has offload capabilities. The + operation will be offloaded when an engine is available and carried out + in software otherwise. +2/ cross channel dependency chains: the API allows a chain of dependent + operations to be submitted, like xor->copy->xor in the raid5 case. The + API automatically handles cases where the transition from one operation + to another implies a hardware channel switch. +3/ dmaengine extensions to support multiple clients and operation types + beyond 'memcpy' + +3 USAGE + +3.1 General format of the API: +struct dma_async_tx_descriptor * +async_<operation>(<op specific parameters>, struct async_submit ctl *submit) + +3.2 Supported operations: +memcpy - memory copy between a source and a destination buffer +memset - fill a destination buffer with a byte value +xor - xor a series of source buffers and write the result to a + destination buffer +xor_val - xor a series of source buffers and set a flag if the + result is zero. The implementation attempts to prevent + writes to memory +pq - generate the p+q (raid6 syndrome) from a series of source buffers +pq_val - validate that a p and or q buffer are in sync with a given series of + sources +datap - (raid6_datap_recov) recover a raid6 data block and the p block + from the given sources +2data - (raid6_2data_recov) recover 2 raid6 data blocks from the given + sources + +3.3 Descriptor management: +The return value is non-NULL and points to a 'descriptor' when the operation +has been queued to execute asynchronously. Descriptors are recycled +resources, under control of the offload engine driver, to be reused as +operations complete. When an application needs to submit a chain of +operations it must guarantee that the descriptor is not automatically recycled +before the dependency is submitted. This requires that all descriptors be +acknowledged by the application before the offload engine driver is allowed to +recycle (or free) the descriptor. A descriptor can be acked by one of the +following methods: +1/ setting the ASYNC_TX_ACK flag if no child operations are to be submitted +2/ submitting an unacknowledged descriptor as a dependency to another + async_tx call will implicitly set the acknowledged state. +3/ calling async_tx_ack() on the descriptor. + +3.4 When does the operation execute? +Operations do not immediately issue after return from the +async_<operation> call. Offload engine drivers batch operations to +improve performance by reducing the number of mmio cycles needed to +manage the channel. Once a driver-specific threshold is met the driver +automatically issues pending operations. An application can force this +event by calling async_tx_issue_pending_all(). This operates on all +channels since the application has no knowledge of channel to operation +mapping. + +3.5 When does the operation complete? +There are two methods for an application to learn about the completion +of an operation. +1/ Call dma_wait_for_async_tx(). This call causes the CPU to spin while + it polls for the completion of the operation. It handles dependency + chains and issuing pending operations. +2/ Specify a completion callback. The callback routine runs in tasklet + context if the offload engine driver supports interrupts, or it is + called in application context if the operation is carried out + synchronously in software. The callback can be set in the call to + async_<operation>, or when the application needs to submit a chain of + unknown length it can use the async_trigger_callback() routine to set a + completion interrupt/callback at the end of the chain. + +3.6 Constraints: +1/ Calls to async_<operation> are not permitted in IRQ context. Other + contexts are permitted provided constraint #2 is not violated. +2/ Completion callback routines cannot submit new operations. This + results in recursion in the synchronous case and spin_locks being + acquired twice in the asynchronous case. + +3.7 Example: +Perform a xor->copy->xor operation where each operation depends on the +result from the previous operation: + +void callback(void *param) +{ + struct completion *cmp = param; + + complete(cmp); +} + +void run_xor_copy_xor(struct page **xor_srcs, + int xor_src_cnt, + struct page *xor_dest, + size_t xor_len, + struct page *copy_src, + struct page *copy_dest, + size_t copy_len) +{ + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx; + addr_conv_t addr_conv[xor_src_cnt]; + struct async_submit_ctl submit; + addr_conv_t addr_conv[NDISKS]; + struct completion cmp; + + init_async_submit(&submit, ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST, NULL, NULL, NULL, + addr_conv); + tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, xor_src_cnt, xor_len, &submit) + + submit->depend_tx = tx; + tx = async_memcpy(copy_dest, copy_src, 0, 0, copy_len, &submit); + + init_completion(&cmp); + init_async_submit(&submit, ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST | ASYNC_TX_ACK, tx, + callback, &cmp, addr_conv); + tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, xor_src_cnt, xor_len, &submit); + + async_tx_issue_pending_all(); + + wait_for_completion(&cmp); +} + +See include/linux/async_tx.h for more information on the flags. See the +ops_run_* and ops_complete_* routines in drivers/md/raid5.c for more +implementation examples. + +4 DRIVER DEVELOPMENT NOTES + +4.1 Conformance points: +There are a few conformance points required in dmaengine drivers to +accommodate assumptions made by applications using the async_tx API: +1/ Completion callbacks are expected to happen in tasklet context +2/ dma_async_tx_descriptor fields are never manipulated in IRQ context +3/ Use async_tx_run_dependencies() in the descriptor clean up path to + handle submission of dependent operations + +4.2 "My application needs exclusive control of hardware channels" +Primarily this requirement arises from cases where a DMA engine driver +is being used to support device-to-memory operations. A channel that is +performing these operations cannot, for many platform specific reasons, +be shared. For these cases the dma_request_channel() interface is +provided. + +The interface is: +struct dma_chan *dma_request_channel(dma_cap_mask_t mask, + dma_filter_fn filter_fn, + void *filter_param); + +Where dma_filter_fn is defined as: +typedef bool (*dma_filter_fn)(struct dma_chan *chan, void *filter_param); + +When the optional 'filter_fn' parameter is set to NULL +dma_request_channel simply returns the first channel that satisfies the +capability mask. Otherwise, when the mask parameter is insufficient for +specifying the necessary channel, the filter_fn routine can be used to +disposition the available channels in the system. The filter_fn routine +is called once for each free channel in the system. Upon seeing a +suitable channel filter_fn returns DMA_ACK which flags that channel to +be the return value from dma_request_channel. A channel allocated via +this interface is exclusive to the caller, until dma_release_channel() +is called. + +The DMA_PRIVATE capability flag is used to tag dma devices that should +not be used by the general-purpose allocator. It can be set at +initialization time if it is known that a channel will always be +private. Alternatively, it is set when dma_request_channel() finds an +unused "public" channel. + +A couple caveats to note when implementing a driver and consumer: +1/ Once a channel has been privately allocated it will no longer be + considered by the general-purpose allocator even after a call to + dma_release_channel(). +2/ Since capabilities are specified at the device level a dma_device + with multiple channels will either have all channels public, or all + channels private. + +5 SOURCE + +include/linux/dmaengine.h: core header file for DMA drivers and api users +drivers/dma/dmaengine.c: offload engine channel management routines +drivers/dma/: location for offload engine drivers +include/linux/async_tx.h: core header file for the async_tx api +crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c: async_tx interface to dmaengine and common code +crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c: copy offload +crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c: xor and xor zero sum offload diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/conf.py b/Documentation/crypto/conf.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4335d251d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/conf.py @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*- + +project = 'Linux Kernel Crypto API' + +tags.add("subproject") + +latex_documents = [ + ('index', 'crypto-api.tex', 'Linux Kernel Crypto API manual', + 'The kernel development community', 'manual'), +] diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/crypto_engine.rst b/Documentation/crypto/crypto_engine.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1d56221df --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/crypto_engine.rst @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +============= +CRYPTO ENGINE +============= + +Overview +-------- +The crypto engine API (CE), is a crypto queue manager. + +Requirement +----------- +You have to put at start of your tfm_ctx the struct crypto_engine_ctx:: + + struct your_tfm_ctx { + struct crypto_engine_ctx enginectx; + ... + }; + +Why: Since CE manage only crypto_async_request, it cannot know the underlying +request_type and so have access only on the TFM. +So using container_of for accessing __ctx is impossible. +Furthermore, the crypto engine cannot know the "struct your_tfm_ctx", +so it must assume that crypto_engine_ctx is at start of it. + +Order of operations +------------------- +You have to obtain a struct crypto_engine via crypto_engine_alloc_init(). +And start it via crypto_engine_start(). + +Before transferring any request, you have to fill the enginectx. +- prepare_request: (taking a function pointer) If you need to do some processing before doing the request +- unprepare_request: (taking a function pointer) Undoing what's done in prepare_request +- do_one_request: (taking a function pointer) Do encryption for current request + +Note: that those three functions get the crypto_async_request associated with the received request. +So your need to get the original request via container_of(areq, struct yourrequesttype_request, base); + +When your driver receive a crypto_request, you have to transfer it to +the cryptoengine via one of: +- crypto_transfer_ablkcipher_request_to_engine() +- crypto_transfer_aead_request_to_engine() +- crypto_transfer_akcipher_request_to_engine() +- crypto_transfer_hash_request_to_engine() +- crypto_transfer_skcipher_request_to_engine() + +At the end of the request process, a call to one of the following function is needed: +- crypto_finalize_ablkcipher_request +- crypto_finalize_aead_request +- crypto_finalize_akcipher_request +- crypto_finalize_hash_request +- crypto_finalize_skcipher_request diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/descore-readme.txt b/Documentation/crypto/descore-readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..16e9e6350 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/descore-readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,352 @@ +Below is the original README file from the descore.shar package. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +des - fast & portable DES encryption & decryption. +Copyright (C) 1992 Dana L. How + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU Library General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License +along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + +Author's address: how@isl.stanford.edu + +$Id: README,v 1.15 1992/05/20 00:25:32 how E $ + + +==>> To compile after untarring/unsharring, just `make' <<== + + +This package was designed with the following goals: +1. Highest possible encryption/decryption PERFORMANCE. +2. PORTABILITY to any byte-addressable host with a 32bit unsigned C type +3. Plug-compatible replacement for KERBEROS's low-level routines. + +This second release includes a number of performance enhancements for +register-starved machines. My discussions with Richard Outerbridge, +71755.204@compuserve.com, sparked a number of these enhancements. + +To more rapidly understand the code in this package, inspect desSmallFips.i +(created by typing `make') BEFORE you tackle desCode.h. The latter is set +up in a parameterized fashion so it can easily be modified by speed-daemon +hackers in pursuit of that last microsecond. You will find it more +illuminating to inspect one specific implementation, +and then move on to the common abstract skeleton with this one in mind. + + +performance comparison to other available des code which i could +compile on a SPARCStation 1 (cc -O4, gcc -O2): + +this code (byte-order independent): + 30us per encryption (options: 64k tables, no IP/FP) + 33us per encryption (options: 64k tables, FIPS standard bit ordering) + 45us per encryption (options: 2k tables, no IP/FP) + 48us per encryption (options: 2k tables, FIPS standard bit ordering) + 275us to set a new key (uses 1k of key tables) + this has the quickest encryption/decryption routines i've seen. + since i was interested in fast des filters rather than crypt(3) + and password cracking, i haven't really bothered yet to speed up + the key setting routine. also, i have no interest in re-implementing + all the other junk in the mit kerberos des library, so i've just + provided my routines with little stub interfaces so they can be + used as drop-in replacements with mit's code or any of the mit- + compatible packages below. (note that the first two timings above + are highly variable because of cache effects). + +kerberos des replacement from australia (version 1.95): + 53us per encryption (uses 2k of tables) + 96us to set a new key (uses 2.25k of key tables) + so despite the author's inclusion of some of the performance + improvements i had suggested to him, this package's + encryption/decryption is still slower on the sparc and 68000. + more specifically, 19-40% slower on the 68020 and 11-35% slower + on the sparc, depending on the compiler; + in full gory detail (ALT_ECB is a libdes variant): + compiler machine desCore libdes ALT_ECB slower by + gcc 2.1 -O2 Sun 3/110 304 uS 369.5uS 461.8uS 22% + cc -O1 Sun 3/110 336 uS 436.6uS 399.3uS 19% + cc -O2 Sun 3/110 360 uS 532.4uS 505.1uS 40% + cc -O4 Sun 3/110 365 uS 532.3uS 505.3uS 38% + gcc 2.1 -O2 Sun 4/50 48 uS 53.4uS 57.5uS 11% + cc -O2 Sun 4/50 48 uS 64.6uS 64.7uS 35% + cc -O4 Sun 4/50 48 uS 64.7uS 64.9uS 35% + (my time measurements are not as accurate as his). + the comments in my first release of desCore on version 1.92: + 68us per encryption (uses 2k of tables) + 96us to set a new key (uses 2.25k of key tables) + this is a very nice package which implements the most important + of the optimizations which i did in my encryption routines. + it's a bit weak on common low-level optimizations which is why + it's 39%-106% slower. because he was interested in fast crypt(3) and + password-cracking applications, he also used the same ideas to + speed up the key-setting routines with impressive results. + (at some point i may do the same in my package). he also implements + the rest of the mit des library. + (code from eay@psych.psy.uq.oz.au via comp.sources.misc) + +fast crypt(3) package from denmark: + the des routine here is buried inside a loop to do the + crypt function and i didn't feel like ripping it out and measuring + performance. his code takes 26 sparc instructions to compute one + des iteration; above, Quick (64k) takes 21 and Small (2k) takes 37. + he claims to use 280k of tables but the iteration calculation seems + to use only 128k. his tables and code are machine independent. + (code from glad@daimi.aau.dk via alt.sources or comp.sources.misc) + +swedish reimplementation of Kerberos des library + 108us per encryption (uses 34k worth of tables) + 134us to set a new key (uses 32k of key tables to get this speed!) + the tables used seem to be machine-independent; + he seems to have included a lot of special case code + so that, e.g., `long' loads can be used instead of 4 `char' loads + when the machine's architecture allows it. + (code obtained from chalmers.se:pub/des) + +crack 3.3c package from england: + as in crypt above, the des routine is buried in a loop. it's + also very modified for crypt. his iteration code uses 16k + of tables and appears to be slow. + (code obtained from aem@aber.ac.uk via alt.sources or comp.sources.misc) + +``highly optimized'' and tweaked Kerberos/Athena code (byte-order dependent): + 165us per encryption (uses 6k worth of tables) + 478us to set a new key (uses <1k of key tables) + so despite the comments in this code, it was possible to get + faster code AND smaller tables, as well as making the tables + machine-independent. + (code obtained from prep.ai.mit.edu) + +UC Berkeley code (depends on machine-endedness): + 226us per encryption +10848us to set a new key + table sizes are unclear, but they don't look very small + (code obtained from wuarchive.wustl.edu) + + +motivation and history + +a while ago i wanted some des routines and the routines documented on sun's +man pages either didn't exist or dumped core. i had heard of kerberos, +and knew that it used des, so i figured i'd use its routines. but once +i got it and looked at the code, it really set off a lot of pet peeves - +it was too convoluted, the code had been written without taking +advantage of the regular structure of operations such as IP, E, and FP +(i.e. the author didn't sit down and think before coding), +it was excessively slow, the author had attempted to clarify the code +by adding MORE statements to make the data movement more `consistent' +instead of simplifying his implementation and cutting down on all data +movement (in particular, his use of L1, R1, L2, R2), and it was full of +idiotic `tweaks' for particular machines which failed to deliver significant +speedups but which did obfuscate everything. so i took the test data +from his verification program and rewrote everything else. + +a while later i ran across the great crypt(3) package mentioned above. +the fact that this guy was computing 2 sboxes per table lookup rather +than one (and using a MUCH larger table in the process) emboldened me to +do the same - it was a trivial change from which i had been scared away +by the larger table size. in his case he didn't realize you don't need to keep +the working data in TWO forms, one for easy use of half the sboxes in +indexing, the other for easy use of the other half; instead you can keep +it in the form for the first half and use a simple rotate to get the other +half. this means i have (almost) half the data manipulation and half +the table size. in fairness though he might be encoding something particular +to crypt(3) in his tables - i didn't check. + +i'm glad that i implemented it the way i did, because this C version is +portable (the ifdef's are performance enhancements) and it is faster +than versions hand-written in assembly for the sparc! + + +porting notes + +one thing i did not want to do was write an enormous mess +which depended on endedness and other machine quirks, +and which necessarily produced different code and different lookup tables +for different machines. see the kerberos code for an example +of what i didn't want to do; all their endedness-specific `optimizations' +obfuscate the code and in the end were slower than a simpler machine +independent approach. however, there are always some portability +considerations of some kind, and i have included some options +for varying numbers of register variables. +perhaps some will still regard the result as a mess! + +1) i assume everything is byte addressable, although i don't actually + depend on the byte order, and that bytes are 8 bits. + i assume word pointers can be freely cast to and from char pointers. + note that 99% of C programs make these assumptions. + i always use unsigned char's if the high bit could be set. +2) the typedef `word' means a 32 bit unsigned integral type. + if `unsigned long' is not 32 bits, change the typedef in desCore.h. + i assume sizeof(word) == 4 EVERYWHERE. + +the (worst-case) cost of my NOT doing endedness-specific optimizations +in the data loading and storing code surrounding the key iterations +is less than 12%. also, there is the added benefit that +the input and output work areas do not need to be word-aligned. + + +OPTIONAL performance optimizations + +1) you should define one of `i386,' `vax,' `mc68000,' or `sparc,' + whichever one is closest to the capabilities of your machine. + see the start of desCode.h to see exactly what this selection implies. + note that if you select the wrong one, the des code will still work; + these are just performance tweaks. +2) for those with functional `asm' keywords: you should change the + ROR and ROL macros to use machine rotate instructions if you have them. + this will save 2 instructions and a temporary per use, + or about 32 to 40 instructions per en/decryption. + note that gcc is smart enough to translate the ROL/R macros into + machine rotates! + +these optimizations are all rather persnickety, yet with them you should +be able to get performance equal to assembly-coding, except that: +1) with the lack of a bit rotate operator in C, rotates have to be synthesized + from shifts. so access to `asm' will speed things up if your machine + has rotates, as explained above in (3) (not necessary if you use gcc). +2) if your machine has less than 12 32-bit registers i doubt your compiler will + generate good code. + `i386' tries to configure the code for a 386 by only declaring 3 registers + (it appears that gcc can use ebx, esi and edi to hold register variables). + however, if you like assembly coding, the 386 does have 7 32-bit registers, + and if you use ALL of them, use `scaled by 8' address modes with displacement + and other tricks, you can get reasonable routines for DesQuickCore... with + about 250 instructions apiece. For DesSmall... it will help to rearrange + des_keymap, i.e., now the sbox # is the high part of the index and + the 6 bits of data is the low part; it helps to exchange these. + since i have no way to conveniently test it i have not provided my + shoehorned 386 version. note that with this release of desCore, gcc is able + to put everything in registers(!), and generate about 370 instructions apiece + for the DesQuickCore... routines! + +coding notes + +the en/decryption routines each use 6 necessary register variables, +with 4 being actively used at once during the inner iterations. +if you don't have 4 register variables get a new machine. +up to 8 more registers are used to hold constants in some configurations. + +i assume that the use of a constant is more expensive than using a register: +a) additionally, i have tried to put the larger constants in registers. + registering priority was by the following: + anything more than 12 bits (bad for RISC and CISC) + greater than 127 in value (can't use movq or byte immediate on CISC) + 9-127 (may not be able to use CISC shift immediate or add/sub quick), + 1-8 were never registered, being the cheapest constants. +b) the compiler may be too stupid to realize table and table+256 should + be assigned to different constant registers and instead repetitively + do the arithmetic, so i assign these to explicit `m' register variables + when possible and helpful. + +i assume that indexing is cheaper or equivalent to auto increment/decrement, +where the index is 7 bits unsigned or smaller. +this assumption is reversed for 68k and vax. + +i assume that addresses can be cheaply formed from two registers, +or from a register and a small constant. +for the 68000, the `two registers and small offset' form is used sparingly. +all index scaling is done explicitly - no hidden shifts by log2(sizeof). + +the code is written so that even a dumb compiler +should never need more than one hidden temporary, +increasing the chance that everything will fit in the registers. +KEEP THIS MORE SUBTLE POINT IN MIND IF YOU REWRITE ANYTHING. +(actually, there are some code fragments now which do require two temps, +but fixing it would either break the structure of the macros or +require declaring another temporary). + + +special efficient data format + +bits are manipulated in this arrangement most of the time (S7 S5 S3 S1): + 003130292827xxxx242322212019xxxx161514131211xxxx080706050403xxxx +(the x bits are still there, i'm just emphasizing where the S boxes are). +bits are rotated left 4 when computing S6 S4 S2 S0: + 282726252423xxxx201918171615xxxx121110090807xxxx040302010031xxxx +the rightmost two bits are usually cleared so the lower byte can be used +as an index into an sbox mapping table. the next two x'd bits are set +to various values to access different parts of the tables. + + +how to use the routines + +datatypes: + pointer to 8 byte area of type DesData + used to hold keys and input/output blocks to des. + + pointer to 128 byte area of type DesKeys + used to hold full 768-bit key. + must be long-aligned. + +DesQuickInit() + call this before using any other routine with `Quick' in its name. + it generates the special 64k table these routines need. +DesQuickDone() + frees this table + +DesMethod(m, k) + m points to a 128byte block, k points to an 8 byte des key + which must have odd parity (or -1 is returned) and which must + not be a (semi-)weak key (or -2 is returned). + normally DesMethod() returns 0. + m is filled in from k so that when one of the routines below + is called with m, the routine will act like standard des + en/decryption with the key k. if you use DesMethod, + you supply a standard 56bit key; however, if you fill in + m yourself, you will get a 768bit key - but then it won't + be standard. it's 768bits not 1024 because the least significant + two bits of each byte are not used. note that these two bits + will be set to magic constants which speed up the encryption/decryption + on some machines. and yes, each byte controls + a specific sbox during a specific iteration. + you really shouldn't use the 768bit format directly; i should + provide a routine that converts 128 6-bit bytes (specified in + S-box mapping order or something) into the right format for you. + this would entail some byte concatenation and rotation. + +Des{Small|Quick}{Fips|Core}{Encrypt|Decrypt}(d, m, s) + performs des on the 8 bytes at s into the 8 bytes at d. (d,s: char *). + uses m as a 768bit key as explained above. + the Encrypt|Decrypt choice is obvious. + Fips|Core determines whether a completely standard FIPS initial + and final permutation is done; if not, then the data is loaded + and stored in a nonstandard bit order (FIPS w/o IP/FP). + Fips slows down Quick by 10%, Small by 9%. + Small|Quick determines whether you use the normal routine + or the crazy quick one which gobbles up 64k more of memory. + Small is 50% slower then Quick, but Quick needs 32 times as much + memory. Quick is included for programs that do nothing but DES, + e.g., encryption filters, etc. + + +Getting it to compile on your machine + +there are no machine-dependencies in the code (see porting), +except perhaps the `now()' macro in desTest.c. +ALL generated tables are machine independent. +you should edit the Makefile with the appropriate optimization flags +for your compiler (MAX optimization). + + +Speeding up kerberos (and/or its des library) + +note that i have included a kerberos-compatible interface in desUtil.c +through the functions des_key_sched() and des_ecb_encrypt(). +to use these with kerberos or kerberos-compatible code put desCore.a +ahead of the kerberos-compatible library on your linker's command line. +you should not need to #include desCore.h; just include the header +file provided with the kerberos library. + +Other uses + +the macros in desCode.h would be very useful for putting inline des +functions in more complicated encryption routines. diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c45c6f400 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst @@ -0,0 +1,255 @@ +Developing Cipher Algorithms +============================ + +Registering And Unregistering Transformation +-------------------------------------------- + +There are three distinct types of registration functions in the Crypto +API. One is used to register a generic cryptographic transformation, +while the other two are specific to HASH transformations and +COMPRESSion. We will discuss the latter two in a separate chapter, here +we will only look at the generic ones. + +Before discussing the register functions, the data structure to be +filled with each, struct crypto_alg, must be considered -- see below +for a description of this data structure. + +The generic registration functions can be found in +include/linux/crypto.h and their definition can be seen below. The +former function registers a single transformation, while the latter +works on an array of transformation descriptions. The latter is useful +when registering transformations in bulk, for example when a driver +implements multiple transformations. + +:: + + int crypto_register_alg(struct crypto_alg *alg); + int crypto_register_algs(struct crypto_alg *algs, int count); + + +The counterparts to those functions are listed below. + +:: + + int crypto_unregister_alg(struct crypto_alg *alg); + int crypto_unregister_algs(struct crypto_alg *algs, int count); + + +Notice that both registration and unregistration functions do return a +value, so make sure to handle errors. A return code of zero implies +success. Any return code < 0 implies an error. + +The bulk registration/unregistration functions register/unregister each +transformation in the given array of length count. They handle errors as +follows: + +- crypto_register_algs() succeeds if and only if it successfully + registers all the given transformations. If an error occurs partway + through, then it rolls back successful registrations before returning + the error code. Note that if a driver needs to handle registration + errors for individual transformations, then it will need to use the + non-bulk function crypto_register_alg() instead. + +- crypto_unregister_algs() tries to unregister all the given + transformations, continuing on error. It logs errors and always + returns zero. + +Single-Block Symmetric Ciphers [CIPHER] +--------------------------------------- + +Example of transformations: aes, arc4, ... + +This section describes the simplest of all transformation +implementations, that being the CIPHER type used for symmetric ciphers. +The CIPHER type is used for transformations which operate on exactly one +block at a time and there are no dependencies between blocks at all. + +Registration specifics +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The registration of [CIPHER] algorithm is specific in that struct +crypto_alg field .cra_type is empty. The .cra_u.cipher has to be +filled in with proper callbacks to implement this transformation. + +See struct cipher_alg below. + +Cipher Definition With struct cipher_alg +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Struct cipher_alg defines a single block cipher. + +Here are schematics of how these functions are called when operated from +other part of the kernel. Note that the .cia_setkey() call might happen +before or after any of these schematics happen, but must not happen +during any of these are in-flight. + +:: + + KEY ---. PLAINTEXT ---. + v v + .cia_setkey() -> .cia_encrypt() + | + '-----> CIPHERTEXT + + +Please note that a pattern where .cia_setkey() is called multiple times +is also valid: + +:: + + + KEY1 --. PLAINTEXT1 --. KEY2 --. PLAINTEXT2 --. + v v v v + .cia_setkey() -> .cia_encrypt() -> .cia_setkey() -> .cia_encrypt() + | | + '---> CIPHERTEXT1 '---> CIPHERTEXT2 + + +Multi-Block Ciphers +------------------- + +Example of transformations: cbc(aes), ecb(arc4), ... + +This section describes the multi-block cipher transformation +implementations. The multi-block ciphers are used for transformations +which operate on scatterlists of data supplied to the transformation +functions. They output the result into a scatterlist of data as well. + +Registration Specifics +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The registration of multi-block cipher algorithms is one of the most +standard procedures throughout the crypto API. + +Note, if a cipher implementation requires a proper alignment of data, +the caller should use the functions of crypto_skcipher_alignmask() to +identify a memory alignment mask. The kernel crypto API is able to +process requests that are unaligned. This implies, however, additional +overhead as the kernel crypto API needs to perform the realignment of +the data which may imply moving of data. + +Cipher Definition With struct blkcipher_alg and ablkcipher_alg +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Struct blkcipher_alg defines a synchronous block cipher whereas struct +ablkcipher_alg defines an asynchronous block cipher. + +Please refer to the single block cipher description for schematics of +the block cipher usage. + +Specifics Of Asynchronous Multi-Block Cipher +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +There are a couple of specifics to the asynchronous interface. + +First of all, some of the drivers will want to use the Generic +ScatterWalk in case the hardware needs to be fed separate chunks of the +scatterlist which contains the plaintext and will contain the +ciphertext. Please refer to the ScatterWalk interface offered by the +Linux kernel scatter / gather list implementation. + +Hashing [HASH] +-------------- + +Example of transformations: crc32, md5, sha1, sha256,... + +Registering And Unregistering The Transformation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +There are multiple ways to register a HASH transformation, depending on +whether the transformation is synchronous [SHASH] or asynchronous +[AHASH] and the amount of HASH transformations we are registering. You +can find the prototypes defined in include/crypto/internal/hash.h: + +:: + + int crypto_register_ahash(struct ahash_alg *alg); + + int crypto_register_shash(struct shash_alg *alg); + int crypto_register_shashes(struct shash_alg *algs, int count); + + +The respective counterparts for unregistering the HASH transformation +are as follows: + +:: + + int crypto_unregister_ahash(struct ahash_alg *alg); + + int crypto_unregister_shash(struct shash_alg *alg); + int crypto_unregister_shashes(struct shash_alg *algs, int count); + + +Cipher Definition With struct shash_alg and ahash_alg +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Here are schematics of how these functions are called when operated from +other part of the kernel. Note that the .setkey() call might happen +before or after any of these schematics happen, but must not happen +during any of these are in-flight. Please note that calling .init() +followed immediately by .finish() is also a perfectly valid +transformation. + +:: + + I) DATA -----------. + v + .init() -> .update() -> .final() ! .update() might not be called + ^ | | at all in this scenario. + '----' '---> HASH + + II) DATA -----------.-----------. + v v + .init() -> .update() -> .finup() ! .update() may not be called + ^ | | at all in this scenario. + '----' '---> HASH + + III) DATA -----------. + v + .digest() ! The entire process is handled + | by the .digest() call. + '---------------> HASH + + +Here is a schematic of how the .export()/.import() functions are called +when used from another part of the kernel. + +:: + + KEY--. DATA--. + v v ! .update() may not be called + .setkey() -> .init() -> .update() -> .export() at all in this scenario. + ^ | | + '-----' '--> PARTIAL_HASH + + ----------- other transformations happen here ----------- + + PARTIAL_HASH--. DATA1--. + v v + .import -> .update() -> .final() ! .update() may not be called + ^ | | at all in this scenario. + '----' '--> HASH1 + + PARTIAL_HASH--. DATA2-. + v v + .import -> .finup() + | + '---------------> HASH2 + +Note that it is perfectly legal to "abandon" a request object: +- call .init() and then (as many times) .update() +- _not_ call any of .final(), .finup() or .export() at any point in future + +In other words implementations should mind the resource allocation and clean-up. +No resources related to request objects should remain allocated after a call +to .init() or .update(), since there might be no chance to free them. + + +Specifics Of Asynchronous HASH Transformation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Some of the drivers will want to use the Generic ScatterWalk in case the +implementation needs to be fed separate chunks of the scatterlist which +contains the input data. The buffer containing the resulting hash will +always be properly aligned to .cra_alignmask so there is no need to +worry about this. diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/index.rst b/Documentation/crypto/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c4ff5d791 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +======================= +Linux Kernel Crypto API +======================= + +:Author: Stephan Mueller +:Author: Marek Vasut + +This documentation outlines the Linux kernel crypto API with its +concepts, details about developing cipher implementations, employment of the API +for cryptographic use cases, as well as programming examples. + +.. class:: toc-title + + Table of contents + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + intro + architecture + devel-algos + userspace-if + crypto_engine + api + api-samples diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/intro.rst b/Documentation/crypto/intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9aa89ebbf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +Kernel Crypto API Interface Specification +========================================= + +Introduction +------------ + +The kernel crypto API offers a rich set of cryptographic ciphers as well +as other data transformation mechanisms and methods to invoke these. +This document contains a description of the API and provides example +code. + +To understand and properly use the kernel crypto API a brief explanation +of its structure is given. Based on the architecture, the API can be +separated into different components. Following the architecture +specification, hints to developers of ciphers are provided. Pointers to +the API function call documentation are given at the end. + +The kernel crypto API refers to all algorithms as "transformations". +Therefore, a cipher handle variable usually has the name "tfm". Besides +cryptographic operations, the kernel crypto API also knows compression +transformations and handles them the same way as ciphers. + +The kernel crypto API serves the following entity types: + +- consumers requesting cryptographic services + +- data transformation implementations (typically ciphers) that can be + called by consumers using the kernel crypto API + +This specification is intended for consumers of the kernel crypto API as +well as for developers implementing ciphers. This API specification, +however, does not discuss all API calls available to data transformation +implementations (i.e. implementations of ciphers and other +transformations (such as CRC or even compression algorithms) that can +register with the kernel crypto API). + +Note: The terms "transformation" and cipher algorithm are used +interchangeably. + +Terminology +----------- + +The transformation implementation is an actual code or interface to +hardware which implements a certain transformation with precisely +defined behavior. + +The transformation object (TFM) is an instance of a transformation +implementation. There can be multiple transformation objects associated +with a single transformation implementation. Each of those +transformation objects is held by a crypto API consumer or another +transformation. Transformation object is allocated when a crypto API +consumer requests a transformation implementation. The consumer is then +provided with a structure, which contains a transformation object (TFM). + +The structure that contains transformation objects may also be referred +to as a "cipher handle". Such a cipher handle is always subject to the +following phases that are reflected in the API calls applicable to such +a cipher handle: + +1. Initialization of a cipher handle. + +2. Execution of all intended cipher operations applicable for the handle + where the cipher handle must be furnished to every API call. + +3. Destruction of a cipher handle. + +When using the initialization API calls, a cipher handle is created and +returned to the consumer. Therefore, please refer to all initialization +API calls that refer to the data structure type a consumer is expected +to receive and subsequently to use. The initialization API calls have +all the same naming conventions of crypto_alloc\*. + +The transformation context is private data associated with the +transformation object. diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/userspace-if.rst b/Documentation/crypto/userspace-if.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ff86befa6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/userspace-if.rst @@ -0,0 +1,387 @@ +User Space Interface +==================== + +Introduction +------------ + +The concepts of the kernel crypto API visible to kernel space is fully +applicable to the user space interface as well. Therefore, the kernel +crypto API high level discussion for the in-kernel use cases applies +here as well. + +The major difference, however, is that user space can only act as a +consumer and never as a provider of a transformation or cipher +algorithm. + +The following covers the user space interface exported by the kernel +crypto API. A working example of this description is libkcapi that can +be obtained from [1]. That library can be used by user space +applications that require cryptographic services from the kernel. + +Some details of the in-kernel kernel crypto API aspects do not apply to +user space, however. This includes the difference between synchronous +and asynchronous invocations. The user space API call is fully +synchronous. + +[1] http://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html + +User Space API General Remarks +------------------------------ + +The kernel crypto API is accessible from user space. Currently, the +following ciphers are accessible: + +- Message digest including keyed message digest (HMAC, CMAC) + +- Symmetric ciphers + +- AEAD ciphers + +- Random Number Generators + +The interface is provided via socket type using the type AF_ALG. In +addition, the setsockopt option type is SOL_ALG. In case the user space +header files do not export these flags yet, use the following macros: + +:: + + #ifndef AF_ALG + #define AF_ALG 38 + #endif + #ifndef SOL_ALG + #define SOL_ALG 279 + #endif + + +A cipher is accessed with the same name as done for the in-kernel API +calls. This includes the generic vs. unique naming schema for ciphers as +well as the enforcement of priorities for generic names. + +To interact with the kernel crypto API, a socket must be created by the +user space application. User space invokes the cipher operation with the +send()/write() system call family. The result of the cipher operation is +obtained with the read()/recv() system call family. + +The following API calls assume that the socket descriptor is already +opened by the user space application and discusses only the kernel +crypto API specific invocations. + +To initialize the socket interface, the following sequence has to be +performed by the consumer: + +1. Create a socket of type AF_ALG with the struct sockaddr_alg + parameter specified below for the different cipher types. + +2. Invoke bind with the socket descriptor + +3. Invoke accept with the socket descriptor. The accept system call + returns a new file descriptor that is to be used to interact with the + particular cipher instance. When invoking send/write or recv/read + system calls to send data to the kernel or obtain data from the + kernel, the file descriptor returned by accept must be used. + +In-place Cipher operation +------------------------- + +Just like the in-kernel operation of the kernel crypto API, the user +space interface allows the cipher operation in-place. That means that +the input buffer used for the send/write system call and the output +buffer used by the read/recv system call may be one and the same. This +is of particular interest for symmetric cipher operations where a +copying of the output data to its final destination can be avoided. + +If a consumer on the other hand wants to maintain the plaintext and the +ciphertext in different memory locations, all a consumer needs to do is +to provide different memory pointers for the encryption and decryption +operation. + +Message Digest API +------------------ + +The message digest type to be used for the cipher operation is selected +when invoking the bind syscall. bind requires the caller to provide a +filled struct sockaddr data structure. This data structure must be +filled as follows: + +:: + + struct sockaddr_alg sa = { + .salg_family = AF_ALG, + .salg_type = "hash", /* this selects the hash logic in the kernel */ + .salg_name = "sha1" /* this is the cipher name */ + }; + + +The salg_type value "hash" applies to message digests and keyed message +digests. Though, a keyed message digest is referenced by the appropriate +salg_name. Please see below for the setsockopt interface that explains +how the key can be set for a keyed message digest. + +Using the send() system call, the application provides the data that +should be processed with the message digest. The send system call allows +the following flags to be specified: + +- MSG_MORE: If this flag is set, the send system call acts like a + message digest update function where the final hash is not yet + calculated. If the flag is not set, the send system call calculates + the final message digest immediately. + +With the recv() system call, the application can read the message digest +from the kernel crypto API. If the buffer is too small for the message +digest, the flag MSG_TRUNC is set by the kernel. + +In order to set a message digest key, the calling application must use +the setsockopt() option of ALG_SET_KEY. If the key is not set the HMAC +operation is performed without the initial HMAC state change caused by +the key. + +Symmetric Cipher API +-------------------- + +The operation is very similar to the message digest discussion. During +initialization, the struct sockaddr data structure must be filled as +follows: + +:: + + struct sockaddr_alg sa = { + .salg_family = AF_ALG, + .salg_type = "skcipher", /* this selects the symmetric cipher */ + .salg_name = "cbc(aes)" /* this is the cipher name */ + }; + + +Before data can be sent to the kernel using the write/send system call +family, the consumer must set the key. The key setting is described with +the setsockopt invocation below. + +Using the sendmsg() system call, the application provides the data that +should be processed for encryption or decryption. In addition, the IV is +specified with the data structure provided by the sendmsg() system call. + +The sendmsg system call parameter of struct msghdr is embedded into the +struct cmsghdr data structure. See recv(2) and cmsg(3) for more +information on how the cmsghdr data structure is used together with the +send/recv system call family. That cmsghdr data structure holds the +following information specified with a separate header instances: + +- specification of the cipher operation type with one of these flags: + + - ALG_OP_ENCRYPT - encryption of data + + - ALG_OP_DECRYPT - decryption of data + +- specification of the IV information marked with the flag ALG_SET_IV + +The send system call family allows the following flag to be specified: + +- MSG_MORE: If this flag is set, the send system call acts like a + cipher update function where more input data is expected with a + subsequent invocation of the send system call. + +Note: The kernel reports -EINVAL for any unexpected data. The caller +must make sure that all data matches the constraints given in +/proc/crypto for the selected cipher. + +With the recv() system call, the application can read the result of the +cipher operation from the kernel crypto API. The output buffer must be +at least as large as to hold all blocks of the encrypted or decrypted +data. If the output data size is smaller, only as many blocks are +returned that fit into that output buffer size. + +AEAD Cipher API +--------------- + +The operation is very similar to the symmetric cipher discussion. During +initialization, the struct sockaddr data structure must be filled as +follows: + +:: + + struct sockaddr_alg sa = { + .salg_family = AF_ALG, + .salg_type = "aead", /* this selects the symmetric cipher */ + .salg_name = "gcm(aes)" /* this is the cipher name */ + }; + + +Before data can be sent to the kernel using the write/send system call +family, the consumer must set the key. The key setting is described with +the setsockopt invocation below. + +In addition, before data can be sent to the kernel using the write/send +system call family, the consumer must set the authentication tag size. +To set the authentication tag size, the caller must use the setsockopt +invocation described below. + +Using the sendmsg() system call, the application provides the data that +should be processed for encryption or decryption. In addition, the IV is +specified with the data structure provided by the sendmsg() system call. + +The sendmsg system call parameter of struct msghdr is embedded into the +struct cmsghdr data structure. See recv(2) and cmsg(3) for more +information on how the cmsghdr data structure is used together with the +send/recv system call family. That cmsghdr data structure holds the +following information specified with a separate header instances: + +- specification of the cipher operation type with one of these flags: + + - ALG_OP_ENCRYPT - encryption of data + + - ALG_OP_DECRYPT - decryption of data + +- specification of the IV information marked with the flag ALG_SET_IV + +- specification of the associated authentication data (AAD) with the + flag ALG_SET_AEAD_ASSOCLEN. The AAD is sent to the kernel together + with the plaintext / ciphertext. See below for the memory structure. + +The send system call family allows the following flag to be specified: + +- MSG_MORE: If this flag is set, the send system call acts like a + cipher update function where more input data is expected with a + subsequent invocation of the send system call. + +Note: The kernel reports -EINVAL for any unexpected data. The caller +must make sure that all data matches the constraints given in +/proc/crypto for the selected cipher. + +With the recv() system call, the application can read the result of the +cipher operation from the kernel crypto API. The output buffer must be +at least as large as defined with the memory structure below. If the +output data size is smaller, the cipher operation is not performed. + +The authenticated decryption operation may indicate an integrity error. +Such breach in integrity is marked with the -EBADMSG error code. + +AEAD Memory Structure +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The AEAD cipher operates with the following information that is +communicated between user and kernel space as one data stream: + +- plaintext or ciphertext + +- associated authentication data (AAD) + +- authentication tag + +The sizes of the AAD and the authentication tag are provided with the +sendmsg and setsockopt calls (see there). As the kernel knows the size +of the entire data stream, the kernel is now able to calculate the right +offsets of the data components in the data stream. + +The user space caller must arrange the aforementioned information in the +following order: + +- AEAD encryption input: AAD \|\| plaintext + +- AEAD decryption input: AAD \|\| ciphertext \|\| authentication tag + +The output buffer the user space caller provides must be at least as +large to hold the following data: + +- AEAD encryption output: ciphertext \|\| authentication tag + +- AEAD decryption output: plaintext + +Random Number Generator API +--------------------------- + +Again, the operation is very similar to the other APIs. During +initialization, the struct sockaddr data structure must be filled as +follows: + +:: + + struct sockaddr_alg sa = { + .salg_family = AF_ALG, + .salg_type = "rng", /* this selects the symmetric cipher */ + .salg_name = "drbg_nopr_sha256" /* this is the cipher name */ + }; + + +Depending on the RNG type, the RNG must be seeded. The seed is provided +using the setsockopt interface to set the key. For example, the +ansi_cprng requires a seed. The DRBGs do not require a seed, but may be +seeded. + +Using the read()/recvmsg() system calls, random numbers can be obtained. +The kernel generates at most 128 bytes in one call. If user space +requires more data, multiple calls to read()/recvmsg() must be made. + +WARNING: The user space caller may invoke the initially mentioned accept +system call multiple times. In this case, the returned file descriptors +have the same state. + +Zero-Copy Interface +------------------- + +In addition to the send/write/read/recv system call family, the AF_ALG +interface can be accessed with the zero-copy interface of +splice/vmsplice. As the name indicates, the kernel tries to avoid a copy +operation into kernel space. + +The zero-copy operation requires data to be aligned at the page +boundary. Non-aligned data can be used as well, but may require more +operations of the kernel which would defeat the speed gains obtained +from the zero-copy interface. + +The system-inherent limit for the size of one zero-copy operation is 16 +pages. If more data is to be sent to AF_ALG, user space must slice the +input into segments with a maximum size of 16 pages. + +Zero-copy can be used with the following code example (a complete +working example is provided with libkcapi): + +:: + + int pipes[2]; + + pipe(pipes); + /* input data in iov */ + vmsplice(pipes[1], iov, iovlen, SPLICE_F_GIFT); + /* opfd is the file descriptor returned from accept() system call */ + splice(pipes[0], NULL, opfd, NULL, ret, 0); + read(opfd, out, outlen); + + +Setsockopt Interface +-------------------- + +In addition to the read/recv and send/write system call handling to send +and retrieve data subject to the cipher operation, a consumer also needs +to set the additional information for the cipher operation. This +additional information is set using the setsockopt system call that must +be invoked with the file descriptor of the open cipher (i.e. the file +descriptor returned by the accept system call). + +Each setsockopt invocation must use the level SOL_ALG. + +The setsockopt interface allows setting the following data using the +mentioned optname: + +- ALG_SET_KEY -- Setting the key. Key setting is applicable to: + + - the skcipher cipher type (symmetric ciphers) + + - the hash cipher type (keyed message digests) + + - the AEAD cipher type + + - the RNG cipher type to provide the seed + +- ALG_SET_AEAD_AUTHSIZE -- Setting the authentication tag size for + AEAD ciphers. For a encryption operation, the authentication tag of + the given size will be generated. For a decryption operation, the + provided ciphertext is assumed to contain an authentication tag of + the given size (see section about AEAD memory layout below). + +User space API example +---------------------- + +Please see [1] for libkcapi which provides an easy-to-use wrapper around +the aforementioned Netlink kernel interface. [1] also contains a test +application that invokes all libkcapi API calls. + +[1] http://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html |