linux-stable/Documentation/device-mapper
Milan Broz 33d2f09fcb dm crypt: introduce new format of cipher with "capi:" prefix
For the new authenticated encryption we have to support generic composed
modes (combination of encryption algorithm and authenticator) because
this is how the kernel crypto API accesses such algorithms.

To simplify the interface, we accept an algorithm directly in crypto API
format.  The new format is recognised by the "capi:" prefix.  The
dmcrypt internal IV specification is the same as for the old format.

The crypto API cipher specifications format is:
     capi:cipher_api_spec-ivmode[:ivopts]
Examples:
     capi:cbc(aes)-essiv:sha256 (equivalent to old aes-cbc-essiv:sha256)
     capi:xts(aes)-plain64      (equivalent to old aes-xts-plain64)
Examples of authenticated modes:
     capi:gcm(aes)-random
     capi:authenc(hmac(sha256),xts(aes))-random
     capi:rfc7539(chacha20,poly1305)-random

Authenticated modes can only be configured using the new cipher format.
Note that this format allows user to specify arbitrary combinations that
can be insecure. (Policy decision is done in cryptsetup userspace.)

Authenticated encryption algorithms can be of two types, either native
modes (like GCM) that performs both encryption and authentication
internally, or composed modes where user can compose AEAD with separate
specification of encryption algorithm and authenticator.

For composed mode with HMAC (length-preserving encryption mode like an
XTS and HMAC as an authenticator) we have to calculate HMAC digest size
(the separate authentication key is the same size as the HMAC digest).
Introduce crypt_ctr_auth_cipher() to parse the crypto API string to get
HMAC algorithm and retrieve digest size from it.

Also, for HMAC composed mode we need to parse the crypto API string to
get the cipher mode nested in the specification.  For native AEAD mode
(like GCM), we can use crypto_tfm_alg_name() API to get the cipher
specification.

Because the HMAC composed mode is not processed the same as the native
AEAD mode, the CRYPT_MODE_INTEGRITY_HMAC flag is no longer needed and
"hmac" specification for the table integrity argument is removed.

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2017-03-24 15:54:20 -04:00
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cache-policies.txt dm cache: update cache-policies.txt now that mq is an alias for smq 2016-05-05 15:25:53 -04:00
cache.txt dm cache metadata: add "metadata2" feature 2017-02-16 13:12:47 -05:00
delay.txt Documentation/device-mapper: s/getsize/getsz/ 2016-12-14 10:54:27 +01:00
dm-crypt.txt dm crypt: introduce new format of cipher with "capi:" prefix 2017-03-24 15:54:20 -04:00
dm-flakey.txt block: rename bio bi_rw to bi_opf 2016-08-07 14:41:02 -06:00
dm-integrity.txt dm: add integrity target 2017-03-24 15:49:07 -04:00
dm-io.txt
dm-log.txt dm log userspace: fix comment hyphens 2011-10-31 20:21:22 +00:00
dm-queue-length.txt dm mpath: add queue length load balancer 2009-06-22 10:12:27 +01:00
dm-raid.txt scripts/spelling.txt: add "explictely" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
dm-service-time.txt Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
dm-uevent.txt dm: uevent generate events 2007-10-20 02:01:26 +01:00
era.txt dm: add era target 2014-03-27 16:56:23 -04:00
kcopyd.txt
linear.txt Documentation/device-mapper: s/getsize/getsz/ 2016-12-14 10:54:27 +01:00
log-writes.txt block, drivers, fs: rename REQ_FLUSH to REQ_PREFLUSH 2016-06-07 13:41:38 -06:00
persistent-data.txt Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
snapshot.txt dm snapshot: add new persistent store option to support overflow 2015-10-09 16:57:03 -04:00
statistics.txt dm stats: fix spelling mistake in Documentation 2016-05-05 15:25:54 -04:00
striped.txt Documentation/device-mapper: s/getsize/getsz/ 2016-12-14 10:54:27 +01:00
switch.txt Documentation/device-mapper: s/getsize/getsz/ 2016-12-14 10:54:27 +01:00
thin-provisioning.txt dm thin: display 'needs_check' in status if it is set 2015-07-16 10:23:50 -04:00
verity.txt dm verity: add ignore_zero_blocks feature 2015-12-10 10:39:03 -05:00
zero.txt