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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst index 5ba5817c17c2..ef183387da20 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst @@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ Currently, the following pairs of encryption modes are supported: - AES-128-CBC for contents and AES-128-CTS-CBC for filenames - Adiantum for both contents and filenames - AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-HCTR2 for filenames (v2 policies only) +- SM4-XTS for contents and SM4-CTS-CBC for filenames (v2 policies only) If unsure, you should use the (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-CTS-CBC) pair. @@ -369,6 +370,12 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_HCTR2 must be enabled. Also, fast implementations of XCTR and POLYVAL should be enabled, e.g. CRYPTO_POLYVAL_ARM64_CE and CRYPTO_AES_ARM64_CE_BLK for ARM64. +SM4 is a Chinese block cipher that is an alternative to AES. It has +not seen as much security review as AES, and it only has a 128-bit key +size. It may be useful in cases where its use is mandated. +Otherwise, it should not be used. For SM4 support to be available, it +also needs to be enabled in the kernel crypto API. + New encryption modes can be added relatively easily, without changes to individual filesystems. However, authenticated encryption (AE) modes are not currently supported because of the difficulty of dealing |