cts(cbc(aes)) as used in the kernel has been added to NIST standard as CBC-CS3. Document it as such. Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/Kconfig | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig index f7a235d..9176023 100644 --- a/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/crypto/Kconfig @@ -430,11 +430,14 @@ config CRYPTO_CTS help CTS: Cipher Text Stealing This is the Cipher Text Stealing mode as described by - Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962. - (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A) + Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962 + (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A) or + CBC-CS3 as defined by NIST in Sp800-38A addendum from Oct 2010. This mode is required for Kerberos gss mechanism support for AES encryption. + See: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-38a/addendum/final + config CRYPTO_ECB tristate "ECB support" select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER -- 2.7.4
