Re: [PATCH 0/4] crypto: add ECDSA signature support to key retention service

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On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 8:24 AM Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 09:00:32PM +0100, Ignat Korchagin wrote:
> > Kernel Key Retention Service[1] is a useful building block to build secure
> > production key management systems. One of its interesting features is
> > support for asymmetric keys: we can allow a process to use a certain key
> > (decrypt or sign data) without actually allowing the process to read the
> > cryptographic key material. By doing so we protect our code from certain
> > type of attacks, where a process memory memory leak actually leaks a
> > potentially highly sensitive cryptographic material.
> >
> > But unfortunately only RSA algorithm was supported until now, because
> > in-kernel ECDSA implementation supported signature verifications only.
> >
> > This patchset implements in-kernel ECDSA signature generation and adds
> > support for ECDSA signing in the key retention service. The key retention
> > service support was taken out of a previous unmerged patchset from Lei He[2]
> >
> > [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/keys/core.html
> > [2]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-crypto/list/?series=653034&state=*
> >
> > Ignat Korchagin (2):
> >   crypto: add ECDSA signature generation support
> >   crypto: add ECDSA test vectors from RFC 6979
> >
> > lei he (2):
> >   crypto: pkcs8 parser support ECDSA private keys
> >   crypto: remove unused field in pkcs8_parse_context
> >
> >  crypto/Kconfig                        |   3 +-
> >  crypto/Makefile                       |   4 +-
> >  crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs8.asn1     |   2 +-
> >  crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs8_parser.c |  46 +++-
> >  crypto/ecc.c                          |   9 +-
> >  crypto/ecdsa.c                        | 373 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  crypto/ecprivkey.asn1                 |   6 +
> >  crypto/testmgr.c                      |  18 ++
> >  crypto/testmgr.h                      | 333 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/crypto/internal/ecc.h         |  11 +
> >  10 files changed, 788 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 crypto/ecprivkey.asn1
> >
> > --
> > 2.36.1
>
> I need acks for patches 3-4 from David.  Thanks!

Should I resend patches 1-2 here and maybe 3-4 to the linux-keyrings
mailing list?

> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
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Ignat



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