linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/18] crypto: dh - introduce RFC 3526 safe-prime groups

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Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:35:08 +0100
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        Torsten Duwe <duwe@...e.de>, Zaibo Xu <xuzaibo@...wei.com>,
        Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        qat-linux@...el.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/18] crypto: dh - introduce RFC 3526 safe-prime
 groups

On 12/9/21 10:03 AM, Nicolai Stange wrote:
> A future patch will make the DH implementation to reject domain parameters
> not corresponding to any of the safe-prime groups approved by SP800-56Arev3
> in FIPS mode.
> 
> The MODP groups specified by RFC 3526 are among those approved safe-prime
> groups. Make them known to the kernel in order to enable the DH
> implementation to recognize those when passed in from e.g. the
> keyctl(KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE) syscall.
> 
> More specifically, introduce corresponding members to enum dh_group_id
> as well as entries with the resp. domain parameters to the
> safe_prime_groups[] array queried by crypto_dh_decode_key(). The resp.
> ->max_strength value is set to the maximum supported security strength as
> specified in SP800-56Arev3.
> 
> As the domain parameters consume an substantial amount of space, make
> RFC 3526 safe-prime group support selectable by means of the new
> CRYPTO_DH_GROUPS_RFC3526 Kconfig option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>
> ---
>  crypto/Kconfig      |   6 ++
>  crypto/dh_helper.c  | 216 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/crypto/dh.h |   7 ++
>  3 files changed, 229 insertions(+)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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