Re: [PATCH 2/2] ima-evm-utils: try to load digest by its alias

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On Thu, 2019-04-04 at 00:04 +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote:
> Mimi,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 04:41:04PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > On Sat, 2019-03-23 at 04:41 +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote:
> > > Primary names of the algorithms are different for OpenSSL and Kernel.
> > > Allow to use both of them.
> > 
> > Can we add a line here explaining the two names?  Perhaps something
> > like, "GOST R 34.11-2012 is the Russian national standard based on the
> > Streebog set of hash functions." 
> 
> Ok. But, "GOST R 34.11-2012" is not mentioned, and there is other
> standards with Streebog, such as RFC 6986, ISO/IEC 10118-3:2018, GOST
> 34.11-2018.
> 
> Point of this patch is that Kernel calls this hash function by it's
> proper name "StreebogX", but older version of OpenSSL reference it by
> acronym "md_gost12_X". (While newer should support Streebog name too.)
> And we try to be user friendly and allow to use both names.

If "Streebog" will be supported by OpenSSL, then why make md_gost12_x
the primary name, and the kernel name the alias?  Shouldn't it be the
reverse (eg. "pkey_hash_algo_alias")?

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by:  Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  src/libimaevm.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/src/libimaevm.c b/src/libimaevm.c
> > > index bc7be1e..6783110 100644
> > > --- a/src/libimaevm.c
> > > +++ b/src/libimaevm.c
> > > @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
> > >  #include "imaevm.h"
> > >  #include "hash_info.h"
> > > 
> > > +/* Names that are primary for OpenSSL. */
> > >  const char *const pkey_hash_algo[PKEY_HASH__LAST] = {
> > >  	[PKEY_HASH_MD4]		= "md4",
> > >  	[PKEY_HASH_MD5]		= "md5",
> > > @@ -70,6 +71,12 @@ const char *const pkey_hash_algo[PKEY_HASH__LAST] = {
> > >  	[PKEY_HASH_SHA384]	= "sha384",
> > >  	[PKEY_HASH_SHA512]	= "sha512",
> > >  	[PKEY_HASH_SHA224]	= "sha224",
> > > +	[PKEY_HASH_STREEBOG_256] = "md_gost12_256",
> > > +	[PKEY_HASH_STREEBOG_512] = "md_gost12_512",
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +/* Names that are primary for the kernel. */
> > > +const char *const pkey_hash_algo_kern[PKEY_HASH__LAST] = {
> > >  	[PKEY_HASH_STREEBOG_256] = "streebog256",
> > >  	[PKEY_HASH_STREEBOG_512] = "streebog512",
> > >  };
> > > @@ -551,6 +558,11 @@ int get_hash_algo(const char *algo)
> > >  		    !strcmp(algo, pkey_hash_algo[i]))
> > >  			return i;
> > > 
> > > +	for (i = 0; i < PKEY_HASH__LAST; i++)
> > > +		if (pkey_hash_algo_kern[i] &&
> > > +		    !strcmp(algo, pkey_hash_algo_kern[i]))
> > > +			return i;
> > > +
> > >  	/* iterate over algorithms provided by kernel-headers */
> > >  	for (i = 0; i < HASH_ALGO__LAST; i++)
> > >  		if (hash_algo_name[i] &&
> 




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