linux-kernel - Re: Fix hibernation in FIPS mode?

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Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:46:12 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "crecklin@...hat.com" <crecklin@...hat.com>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fix hibernation in FIPS mode?

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:14 AM Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> MD5 was marked incompliant with FIPS in 2009:
> a3bef3a31a19 ("crypto: testmgr - Skip algs not flagged fips_allowed in fips mode")
> a1915d51e8e7 ("crypto: testmgr - Mark algs allowed in fips mode")
>
> But hibernation_e820_save() is still using MD5, and fails in FIPS mode
> due to the 2018 patch:
> 749fa17093ff ("PM / hibernate: Check the success of generating md5 digest before hibernation")
>
> As a result, hibernation doesn't work when FIPS is on.
>
> Do you think if hibernation_e820_save() should be changed to use a
> FIPS-compliant algorithm like SHA-1?

I would say yes, it should.

> PS, currently it looks like FIPS mode is broken in the mainline:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org/msg49414.html