linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 2/7] KEYS: trusted: allow use of kernel RNG for key material

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Date:   Tue, 17 May 2022 19:27:08 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>,
        Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>,
        David Gstir <david@...ma-star.at>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        John Ernberg <john.ernberg@...ia.se>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jan Luebbe <j.luebbe@...gutronix.de>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 2/7] KEYS: trusted: allow use of kernel RNG for key
 material

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 04:57:00PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> +	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
> +			Format: <string>
> +			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
> +			Can be one of:
> +			- "kernel"
> +			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
> +			- "default"
> +			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
> +			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
> +

As a general mechanism, I object to this. The kernel's RNG must be
trusted in the first place for key material. That's the whole point of
it.

However, it sounds like you're not proposing a general mechanism, but
just something particular to this "trusted keys" business. In that case,
this should be a module flag, and thus not documented here, but rather
some place namespaced to your trusted keys stuff. "trusted_keys.preferred_rng={whatever}"

Jason