linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/1] use crc32 instead of md5 for hibernation e820 integrity check

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Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 20:47:21 +0200
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Chris von Recklinghausen <crecklin@...hat.com>, ardb@...nel.org,
        simo@...hat.com, rafael@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] use crc32 instead of md5 for hibernation e820
 integrity check



Le 01/04/2021 à 14:24, Chris von Recklinghausen a écrit :
> Currently, suspend on x86_64 fails when FIPS mode is enabled because it uses md5
> to generate a digest of the e820 region. MD5 is not FIPS compliant so an error
> is reported and the suspend fails.
> 
> MD5 is used only to create a digest to ensure integrity of the region, no actual
> encryption is done. This patch set changes the integrity check to use crc32
> instead of md5 since crc32 is available in both FIPS and non-FIPS modes.

Why not put all those explanations in the patch itself ?

Because text in the cover is lost, so a cover is not really usefull for a single patch.

> 
> Chris von Recklinghausen (1):
>    use crc32 instead of md5 for hibernation image integrity check
> 
>   arch/x86/power/hibernate.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++--------------
>   1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>