Am Mittwoch, 19. April 2017, 16:51:54 CEST schrieb Benedetto, Salvatore: Hi Salvatore, > Hi Stephan, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: keyrings-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:keyrings- > > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephan Müller > > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 12:06 AM > > To: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: keyrings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [PATCH 4/8] crypto: KPP - add API crypto_kpp_set_params > > > > KPP mechanisms like DH require a parameter set to be provided by the > > caller. That parameter set may be provided by the crypto_kpp_set_secret > > function. Yet, the parameters hare handled independently from the secret > > key which implies that they should be able to be set independently from > > the key. > > > > The new API allows KPP mechanisms to register a callback allowing to set > > such parameters. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > > Documentation/crypto/api-kpp.rst | 2 +- > > include/crypto/kpp.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api-kpp.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api- > > kpp.rst > > index 7d86ab9..7b2c0d4 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/crypto/api-kpp.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api-kpp.rst > > @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Key-agreement Protocol Primitives (KPP) Cipher API > > > > :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 > > + :functions: crypto_alloc_kpp crypto_free_kpp crypto_kpp_set_params > > + 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > diff --git a/include/crypto/kpp.h b/include/crypto/kpp.h index > > ce8e1f7..5931364 100644 > > --- a/include/crypto/kpp.h > > +++ b/include/crypto/kpp.h > > @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ struct crypto_kpp { > > > > /** > > > > * struct kpp_alg - generic key-agreement protocol primitives > > * > > > > + * @set_params: Function allows the caller to set the parameters > > + * separately from the key. The format of the > > parameters > > + * is protocol specific. > > > > * @set_secret: Function invokes the protocol specific > > > > function to > > > > * store the secret private key along with parameters. > > * The implementation knows how to decode thie > > > > buffer > > @@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ struct crypto_kpp { > > > > * @base: Common crypto API algorithm data structure > > */ > > > > struct kpp_alg { > > > > + int (*set_params)(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buffer, > > + unsigned int len); > > > > int (*set_secret)(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buffer, > > > > unsigned int len); > > > > int (*generate_public_key)(struct kpp_request *req); @@ -259,6 > > > > +264,29 @@ struct kpp_secret { }; > > > > /** > > > > + * crypto_kpp_set_params() - Set parameters needed for kpp operation > > + * > > + * Function invokes the specific kpp operation for a given alg. > > + * > > + * @tfm: tfm handle > > + * @buffer: Buffer holding the protocol specific representation of the > > + * parameters (e.g. PKCS#3 DER for DH) > > + * @len: Length of the parameter buffer. > > + * > > + * Return: zero on success; error code in case of error */ static > > +inline int crypto_kpp_set_params(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, > > + const void *buffer, unsigned int len) { > > + struct kpp_alg *alg = crypto_kpp_alg(tfm); > > + > > + if (alg->set_params) > > + return alg->set_params(tfm, buffer, len); > > + else > > + return -EOPNOTSUPP; > > +} > > + > > +/** > > > > * crypto_kpp_set_secret() - Invoke kpp operation > > * > > * Function invokes the specific kpp operation for a given alg. > > > > -- > > 2.9.3 > > I'm not really in favor of having two ways for setting the params. I am in full agreement. But setting the key together with the parameters is not good, IMHO. Every other crypto lib implements a separate setting. > As you are probably aware, PKCS3 and set_params was my intial > approach, but then Herbert suggested a lighter approach like rtnetlink > which I actually prefer. I was not aware of that. Considering that PKCS#3 or X9.42 are the common formats for setting parameters, I am not in favor of "inventing" a special format just for the kernel user space interface. If we would have such special format, user space would need to add a conversion step from a common to the kernel-special format. You see with https://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi/blob/kpp/test/kcapi-main.c starting at line 2500 a full description how the OpenSSL-generated DH parameters can be used directly by the AF_ALG interface. I have no concern to use rtnetlink for in-kernel use cases. > > Can't you expose that through AF_ALG? As mentioned, exposing rtnetlink means that we have to have an ASN.1-based converter from PKCS#3 to rtnetlink. As the kernel already has an ASN.1 parser and the additional code to use PKCS#3 in the kernel is very minimal compared to adding a ASN.1 parser in user space, I opted for implementing PKCS#3 in kernel space. > > Regards, > Salvatore Ciao Stephan
