Crypto test failures in FIPS mode cause an immediate panic, but on some system the cryptographic boundary extends beyond just the Linux controlled domain. Add a simple atomic notification chain to allow interested parties to register to receive notification prior to us kicking the bucket. Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/fips.c | 11 +++++++++++ crypto/testmgr.c | 4 +++- include/linux/fips.h | 7 +++++++ 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/crypto/fips.c b/crypto/fips.c index 9dfed122d6da..b30a67b6c441 100644 --- a/crypto/fips.c +++ b/crypto/fips.c @@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/sysctl.h> +#include <linux/notifier.h> int fips_enabled; EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fips_enabled); +ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(fips_fail_notif_chain); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fips_fail_notif_chain); + /* Process kernel command-line parameter at boot time. fips=0 or fips=1 */ static int fips_enable(char *str) { @@ -63,6 +67,13 @@ static void crypto_proc_fips_exit(void) unregister_sysctl_table(crypto_sysctls); } +void fips_fail_notify(void) +{ + if (fips_enabled) + atomic_notifier_call_chain(&fips_fail_notif_chain, 0, NULL); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fips_fail_notify); + static int __init fips_init(void) { crypto_proc_fips_init(); diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c index d760f5cd35b2..fc2407d7a78f 100644 --- a/crypto/testmgr.c +++ b/crypto/testmgr.c @@ -5245,9 +5245,11 @@ int alg_test(const char *driver, const char *alg, u32 type, u32 mask) type, mask); test_done: - if (rc && (fips_enabled || panic_on_fail)) + if (rc && (fips_enabled || panic_on_fail)) { + fips_fail_notify(); panic("alg: self-tests for %s (%s) failed in %s mode!\n", driver, alg, fips_enabled ? "fips" : "panic_on_fail"); + } if (fips_enabled && !rc) pr_info("alg: self-tests for %s (%s) passed\n", driver, alg); diff --git a/include/linux/fips.h b/include/linux/fips.h index afeeece92302..c6961e932fef 100644 --- a/include/linux/fips.h +++ b/include/linux/fips.h @@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS extern int fips_enabled; +extern struct atomic_notifier_head fips_fail_notif_chain; + +void fips_fail_notify(void); + #else #define fips_enabled 0 + +static inline void fips_fail_notify(void) {} + #endif #endif -- 2.21.0