linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] siphash: add cryptographically secure hashtable function

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:25:45 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
        <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>,
        Scott Bauer <sbauer@....utah.edu>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
        Jean-Philippe Aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@...il.com>,
        "Daniel J . Bernstein" <djb@...yp.to>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] siphash: add cryptographically secure hashtable function

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
>
> Indeed this would be a great first candidate. There are lots of places
> where MD5 (!!) is pulled in for this sort of thing, when SipHash could
> be a faster and leaner replacement (and arguably more secure than
> rusty MD5).

Yeah,. the TCP sequence number md5_transform() cases are likely the
best example of something where siphash might be good. That tends to
be really just a couple words of data (the address and port info) plus
the net_secret[] hash. I think they currently simply just fill in the
fixed-sized 64-byte md5-round area.

I wonder it's worth it to have a special spihash version that does
that same "fixed 64-byte area" thing.

But please talk to the netwotrking people. Maybe that's the proper way
to get this merged?

            Linus