linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Instantiate key with user-provided decrypted data.

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Message-ID: <58e2dbed22d07b9bc381554ada2f14ae655a2f31.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:05:53 -0500
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Yael Tiomkin <yaelt@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        corbet@....net, dhowells@...hat.com, jmorris@...ei.org,
        serge@...lyn.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Instantiate key with user-provided decrypted data.

On Tue, 2021-12-21 at 10:28 +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 02:20:30PM -0500, Yael Tiomkin wrote:
> > The encrypted.c class supports instantiation of encrypted keys with
> 
> What is "the encrypted.c class"?

This is the other key type as described in
Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst, which is not
dependent on a TPM.  This patch adds support for userspace provided key
data, when the key is created.

thanks,

Mimi