[PATCH v2] Instantiate key with user-provided decrypted data.

Mimi Zohar zohar at linux.ibm.com
Wed Dec 22 17:42:43 UTC 2021


On Wed, 2021-12-22 at 11:31 -0500, Yael Tiomkin wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 7:37 AM Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Yael,
> >
> > On Mon, 2021-12-13 at 14:20 -0500, Yael Tiomkin wrote:
> > > The encrypted.c class supports instantiation of encrypted keys with
> > > either an already-encrypted key material, or by generating new key
> > > material based on random numbers. To support encryption of
> > > user-provided decrypted data, this patch defines a new datablob
> > > format: [<format>] <master-key name> <decrypted data length>
> > > <decrypted data>.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yael Tiomkin <yaelt at google.com>
> >
> > Other than the comment below,
> >     Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> >
> > Could you also provide an LTP test for defining, exporting, and loading
> > an encrypted key based on user provided key data?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Mimi
> >
> > > ---
> >
> > > @@ -303,6 +306,16 @@ Load an encrypted key "evm" from saved blob::
> > >      82dbbc55be2a44616e4959430436dc4f2a7a9659aa60bb4652aeb2120f149ed197c564e0
> > >      24717c64 5972dcb82ab2dde83376d82b2e3c09ffc
> > >
> > > +Instantiate an encrypted key "evm" using user-provided decrypted data::
> > > +
> > > +    $ keyctl add encrypted evm "new default user:kmk 32 `cat evm.blob`" @u
> > > +    794890253
> >
> > The existing references to "evm.blob" refer to the encrypted key data.
> > Here "evm.blob" is unencrypted data.  Perhaps name it something like
> > "evm.user-provided-data" data.
> >
> > > +
> > > +    $ keyctl print 794890253
> > > +    default user:kmk 32 2375725ad57798846a9bbd240de8906f006e66c03af53b1b382d
> > > +    bbc55be2a44616e4959430436dc4f2a7a9659aa60bb4652aeb2120f149ed197c564e0247
> > > +    17c64 5972dcb82ab2dde83376d82b2e3c09ffc
> > > +
> >
> 
> Hi Mimi,
> 
> I have posted the ltp test:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211221023721.129689-1-yaelt@google.com/
> 
> I will update the documentation per your suggestion.

Please also prefix the patch title (Subject line) with "KEYS:
encrypted:" and remove the trailing period.

thanks,

Mimi



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