linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v1 1/3] bpf: move from sha1 to blake2s in tag calculation

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:34:44 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Jean-Philippe Aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@...il.com>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v1 1/3] bpf: move from sha1 to blake2s in tag calculation

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 5:19 PM Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 7:08 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, so the issue is that, at *some* point, SHA-1 is going to have to
> > go.
>
> sha1 cannot be removed from the kernel.
> See AF_ALG and iproute2 source for reference.

It can be removed from vmlinux, and be folded into the crypto API's
generic implementation where it belongs, which then can be built as a
module or not built at all, depending on configuration. Please see the
3/3 patch in this series to see what that looks like:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220114142015.87974-4-Jason@zx2c4.com/

Meanwhile, you have not replied to any of the substantive issues I
brought up. I'd appreciate you doing so.

Thank you,
Jason