summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/security/keys/core.rst')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/keys/core.rst217
1 files changed, 217 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
index 9ce7256c6edb..9521c4207f01 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
and either the buffer length or the OtherInfo length exceeds the
allowed length.
+
* Restrict keyring linkage::
long keyctl(KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING, key_serial_t keyring,
@@ -890,6 +891,116 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
applicable to the asymmetric key type.
+ * Query an asymmetric key::
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_PKEY_QUERY,
+ key_serial_t key_id, unsigned long reserved,
+ struct keyctl_pkey_query *info);
+
+ Get information about an asymmetric key. The information is returned in
+ the keyctl_pkey_query struct::
+
+ __u32 supported_ops;
+ __u32 key_size;
+ __u16 max_data_size;
+ __u16 max_sig_size;
+ __u16 max_enc_size;
+ __u16 max_dec_size;
+ __u32 __spare[10];
+
+ ``supported_ops`` contains a bit mask of flags indicating which ops are
+ supported. This is constructed from a bitwise-OR of::
+
+ KEYCTL_SUPPORTS_{ENCRYPT,DECRYPT,SIGN,VERIFY}
+
+ ``key_size`` indicated the size of the key in bits.
+
+ ``max_*_size`` indicate the maximum sizes in bytes of a blob of data to be
+ signed, a signature blob, a blob to be encrypted and a blob to be
+ decrypted.
+
+ ``__spare[]`` must be set to 0. This is intended for future use to hand
+ over one or more passphrases needed unlock a key.
+
+ If successful, 0 is returned. If the key is not an asymmetric key,
+ EOPNOTSUPP is returned.
+
+
+ * Encrypt, decrypt, sign or verify a blob using an asymmetric key::
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_PKEY_ENCRYPT,
+ const struct keyctl_pkey_params *params,
+ const char *info,
+ const void *in,
+ void *out);
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_PKEY_DECRYPT,
+ const struct keyctl_pkey_params *params,
+ const char *info,
+ const void *in,
+ void *out);
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_PKEY_SIGN,
+ const struct keyctl_pkey_params *params,
+ const char *info,
+ const void *in,
+ void *out);
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_PKEY_VERIFY,
+ const struct keyctl_pkey_params *params,
+ const char *info,
+ const void *in,
+ const void *in2);
+
+ Use an asymmetric key to perform a public-key cryptographic operation a
+ blob of data. For encryption and verification, the asymmetric key may
+ only need the public parts to be available, but for decryption and signing
+ the private parts are required also.
+
+ The parameter block pointed to by params contains a number of integer
+ values::
+
+ __s32 key_id;
+ __u32 in_len;
+ __u32 out_len;
+ __u32 in2_len;
+
+ ``key_id`` is the ID of the asymmetric key to be used. ``in_len`` and
+ ``in2_len`` indicate the amount of data in the in and in2 buffers and
+ ``out_len`` indicates the size of the out buffer as appropriate for the
+ above operations.
+
+ For a given operation, the in and out buffers are used as follows::
+
+ Operation ID in,in_len out,out_len in2,in2_len
+ ======================= =============== =============== ===============
+ KEYCTL_PKEY_ENCRYPT Raw data Encrypted data -
+ KEYCTL_PKEY_DECRYPT Encrypted data Raw data -
+ KEYCTL_PKEY_SIGN Raw data Signature -
+ KEYCTL_PKEY_VERIFY Raw data - Signature
+
+ ``info`` is a string of key=value pairs that supply supplementary
+ information. These include:
+
+ ``enc=<encoding>`` The encoding of the encrypted/signature blob. This
+ can be "pkcs1" for RSASSA-PKCS1-v1.5 or
+ RSAES-PKCS1-v1.5; "pss" for "RSASSA-PSS"; "oaep" for
+ "RSAES-OAEP". If omitted or is "raw", the raw output
+ of the encryption function is specified.
+
+ ``hash=<algo>`` If the data buffer contains the output of a hash
+ function and the encoding includes some indication of
+ which hash function was used, the hash function can be
+ specified with this, eg. "hash=sha256".
+
+ The ``__spare[]`` space in the parameter block must be set to 0. This is
+ intended, amongst other things, to allow the passing of passphrases
+ required to unlock a key.
+
+ If successful, encrypt, decrypt and sign all return the amount of data
+ written into the output buffer. Verification returns 0 on success.
+
+
Kernel Services
===============
@@ -1483,6 +1594,112 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory:
attempted key link operation. If there is no match, -EINVAL is returned.
+ * ``int (*asym_eds_op)(struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
+ const void *in, void *out);``
+ ``int (*asym_verify_signature)(struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
+ const void *in, const void *in2);``
+
+ These methods are optional. If provided the first allows a key to be
+ used to encrypt, decrypt or sign a blob of data, and the second allows a
+ key to verify a signature.
+
+ In all cases, the following information is provided in the params block::
+
+ struct kernel_pkey_params {
+ struct key *key;
+ const char *encoding;
+ const char *hash_algo;
+ char *info;
+ __u32 in_len;
+ union {
+ __u32 out_len;
+ __u32 in2_len;
+ };
+ enum kernel_pkey_operation op : 8;
+ };
+
+ This includes the key to be used; a string indicating the encoding to use
+ (for instance, "pkcs1" may be used with an RSA key to indicate
+ RSASSA-PKCS1-v1.5 or RSAES-PKCS1-v1.5 encoding or "raw" if no encoding);
+ the name of the hash algorithm used to generate the data for a signature
+ (if appropriate); the sizes of the input and output (or second input)
+ buffers; and the ID of the operation to be performed.
+
+ For a given operation ID, the input and output buffers are used as
+ follows::
+
+ Operation ID in,in_len out,out_len in2,in2_len
+ ======================= =============== =============== ===============
+ kernel_pkey_encrypt Raw data Encrypted data -
+ kernel_pkey_decrypt Encrypted data Raw data -
+ kernel_pkey_sign Raw data Signature -
+ kernel_pkey_verify Raw data - Signature
+
+ asym_eds_op() deals with encryption, decryption and signature creation as
+ specified by params->op. Note that params->op is also set for
+ asym_verify_signature().
+
+ Encrypting and signature creation both take raw data in the input buffer
+ and return the encrypted result in the output buffer. Padding may have
+ been added if an encoding was set. In the case of signature creation,
+ depending on the encoding, the padding created may need to indicate the
+ digest algorithm - the name of which should be supplied in hash_algo.
+
+ Decryption takes encrypted data in the input buffer and returns the raw
+ data in the output buffer. Padding will get checked and stripped off if
+ an encoding was set.
+
+ Verification takes raw data in the input buffer and the signature in the
+ second input buffer and checks that the one matches the other. Padding
+ will be validated. Depending on the encoding, the digest algorithm used
+ to generate the raw data may need to be indicated in hash_algo.
+
+ If successful, asym_eds_op() should return the number of bytes written
+ into the output buffer. asym_verify_signature() should return 0.
+
+ A variety of errors may be returned, including EOPNOTSUPP if the operation
+ is not supported; EKEYREJECTED if verification fails; ENOPKG if the
+ required crypto isn't available.
+
+
+ * ``int (*asym_query)(const struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
+ struct kernel_pkey_query *info);``
+
+ This method is optional. If provided it allows information about the
+ public or asymmetric key held in the key to be determined.
+
+ The parameter block is as for asym_eds_op() and co. but in_len and out_len
+ are unused. The encoding and hash_algo fields should be used to reduce
+ the returned buffer/data sizes as appropriate.
+
+ If successful, the following information is filled in::
+
+ struct kernel_pkey_query {
+ __u32 supported_ops;
+ __u32 key_size;
+ __u16 max_data_size;
+ __u16 max_sig_size;
+ __u16 max_enc_size;
+ __u16 max_dec_size;
+ };
+
+ The supported_ops field will contain a bitmask indicating what operations
+ are supported by the key, including encryption of a blob, decryption of a
+ blob, signing a blob and verifying the signature on a blob. The following
+ constants are defined for this::
+
+ KEYCTL_SUPPORTS_{ENCRYPT,DECRYPT,SIGN,VERIFY}
+
+ The key_size field is the size of the key in bits. max_data_size and
+ max_sig_size are the maximum raw data and signature sizes for creation and
+ verification of a signature; max_enc_size and max_dec_size are the maximum
+ raw data and signature sizes for encryption and decryption. The
+ max_*_size fields are measured in bytes.
+
+ If successful, 0 will be returned. If the key doesn't support this,
+ EOPNOTSUPP will be returned.
+
+
Request-Key Callback Service
============================