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Daniel Walter b7e7cf7a66 fscrypt: add support for AES-128-CBC
fscrypt provides facilities to use different encryption algorithms which
are selectable by userspace when setting the encryption policy. Currently,
only AES-256-XTS for file contents and AES-256-CBC-CTS for file names are
implemented. This is a clear case of kernel offers the mechanism and
userspace selects a policy. Similar to what dm-crypt and ecryptfs have.

This patch adds support for using AES-128-CBC for file contents and
AES-128-CBC-CTS for file name encryption. To mitigate watermarking
attacks, IVs are generated using the ESSIV algorithm. While AES-CBC is
actually slightly less secure than AES-XTS from a security point of view,
there is more widespread hardware support. Using AES-CBC gives us the
acceptable performance while still providing a moderate level of security
for persistent storage.

Especially low-powered embedded devices with crypto accelerators such as
CAAM or CESA often only support AES-CBC. Since using AES-CBC over AES-XTS
is basically thought of a last resort, we use AES-128-CBC over AES-256-CBC
since it has less encryption rounds and yields noticeable better
performance starting from a file size of just a few kB.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@sigma-star.at>
[david@sigma-star.at: addressed review comments]
Signed-off-by: David Gstir <david@sigma-star.at>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2017-06-23 20:05:07 -04:00
arch Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-06-02 15:49:46 -07:00
block block: Avoid that blk_exit_rl() triggers a use-after-free 2017-06-01 13:07:55 -06:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto crypto: skcipher - Add missing API setkey checks 2017-05-18 13:04:05 +08:00
Documentation Pin control fixes for v4.12: 2017-05-29 10:05:19 -07:00
drivers TTY fix for 4.12-rc4 2017-06-04 11:41:41 -07:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs fscrypt: add support for AES-128-CBC 2017-06-23 20:05:07 -04:00
include fscrypt: add support for AES-128-CBC 2017-06-23 20:05:07 -04:00
init Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
ipc mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2017-06-02 08:59:17 -07:00
lib test_bpf: Add a couple of tests for BPF_JSGE. 2017-05-25 14:37:56 -04:00
mm mm: consider memblock reservations for deferred memory initialization sizing 2017-06-02 15:07:38 -07:00
net NFS client bugfixes for Linux 4.12 2017-06-04 11:56:53 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: run cleanup routines when receiving SIGTERM 2017-05-11 21:43:30 -04:00
scripts scripts/gdb: make lx-dmesg command work (reliably) 2017-06-02 15:07:38 -07:00
security Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:12:53 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 4.12-rc4 2017-06-02 09:40:47 -07:00
tools powerpc fixes for 4.12 #4 2017-05-27 09:28:34 -07:00
usr initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression) 2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: Hold slots_lock when unregistering kvm io bus devices 2017-05-18 11:18:16 +02:00
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README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.