Re: [PATCH] fscrypt: add support for ChaCha20 contents encryption

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On 8 December 2017 at 10:14, Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am Freitag, 8. Dezember 2017, 11:06:31 CET schrieb Ard Biesheuvel:
>
> Hi Ard,
>
>>
>> Given how it is not uncommon for counters to be used as IV, this is a
>> fundamental flaw that could rear its head in other places as well, so
>> I propose we fix this one way (fix the current code) or the other
>> (deprecate the current code and create a new chacha20-rfc7539
>> blockcipher that uses a 96-bit IV and sets the counter to 0)
>
> Instead of having a complete new implementation of the ChaCha20 cipher, what
> about using a specific IV generator for which the kernel crypto API has
> already support (see crypto/seqiv.c for example)?
>
> I.e. we have the current ChaCha20 cipher, but use some "rfc7539iv(chacha20)"
> cipher mode where that rfc7539iv is the mentioned IV generator that turns the
> given IV (sector number?) into the proper IV for ChaCha20.
>

To be honest, I don't fully understand how the IV generators work.
seqiv is implemented as an AEAD not as a skcipher, and we'd need to
wrap chacha20 in something that is usable as a skcipher.

In any case, it does make sense to address this by wrapping chacha20
in something generic, rather than having to extend all
implementations.



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