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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-08-03 03:45:14 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-08-03 03:45:14 +0300
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Merge tag 'v5.20-p1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6
Pull crypto updates from Herbert Xu: "API: - Make proc files report fips module name and version Algorithms: - Move generic SHA1 code into lib/crypto - Implement Chinese Remainder Theorem for RSA - Remove blake2s - Add XCTR with x86/arm64 acceleration - Add POLYVAL with x86/arm64 acceleration - Add HCTR2 - Add ARIA Drivers: - Add support for new CCP/PSP device ID in ccp" * tag 'v5.20-p1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6: (89 commits) crypto: tcrypt - Remove the static variable initialisations to NULL crypto: arm64/poly1305 - fix a read out-of-bound crypto: hisilicon/zip - Use the bitmap API to allocate bitmaps crypto: hisilicon/sec - fix auth key size error crypto: ccree - Remove a useless dma_supported() call crypto: ccp - Add support for new CCP/PSP device ID crypto: inside-secure - Add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE for of crypto: hisilicon/hpre - don't use GFP_KERNEL to alloc mem during softirq crypto: testmgr - some more fixes to RSA test vectors cyrpto: powerpc/aes - delete the rebundant word "block" in comments hwrng: via - Fix comment typo crypto: twofish - Fix comment typo crypto: rmd160 - fix Kconfig "its" grammar crypto: keembay-ocs-ecc - Drop if with an always false condition Documentation: qat: rewrite description Documentation: qat: Use code block for qat sysfs example crypto: lib - add module license to libsha1 crypto: lib - make the sha1 library optional crypto: lib - move lib/sha1.c into lib/crypto/ crypto: fips - make proc files report fips module name and version ...
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@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ Currently, the following pairs of encryption modes are supported:
- AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-CTS-CBC for filenames
- 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)
If unsure, you should use the (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-CTS-CBC) pair.
@@ -357,6 +358,17 @@ To use Adiantum, CONFIG_CRYPTO_ADIANTUM must be enabled. Also, fast
implementations of ChaCha and NHPoly1305 should be enabled, e.g.
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON and CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_NEON for ARM.
+AES-256-HCTR2 is another true wide-block encryption mode that is intended for
+use on CPUs with dedicated crypto instructions. AES-256-HCTR2 has the property
+that a bitflip in the plaintext changes the entire ciphertext. This property
+makes it desirable for filename encryption since initialization vectors are
+reused within a directory. For more details on AES-256-HCTR2, see the paper
+"Length-preserving encryption with HCTR2"
+(https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1441.pdf). To use AES-256-HCTR2,
+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.
+
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
@@ -404,11 +416,11 @@ alternatively has the file's nonce (for `DIRECT_KEY policies`_) or
inode number (for `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_) included in the IVs.
Thus, IV reuse is limited to within a single directory.
-With CTS-CBC, the IV reuse means that when the plaintext filenames
-share a common prefix at least as long as the cipher block size (16
-bytes for AES), the corresponding encrypted filenames will also share
-a common prefix. This is undesirable. Adiantum does not have this
-weakness, as it is a wide-block encryption mode.
+With CTS-CBC, the IV reuse means that when the plaintext filenames share a
+common prefix at least as long as the cipher block size (16 bytes for AES), the
+corresponding encrypted filenames will also share a common prefix. This is
+undesirable. Adiantum and HCTR2 do not have this weakness, as they are
+wide-block encryption modes.
All supported filenames encryption modes accept any plaintext length
>= 16 bytes; cipher block alignment is not required. However,