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Message-ID: <CADWks+aV+QzJo8LQt9eD4YSghF+Ez7iDx8zzz_hfL_2am2zLNA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:39:40 +0100
From:   Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov@...onical.com>
To:     Denis Kenzior <denkenz@...il.com>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        James Prestwood <prestwoj@...il.com>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: remove md4 driver

On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 at 15:37, Denis Kenzior <denkenz@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Herbert,
>
> On 10/13/23 05:39, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 08, 2023 at 05:01:39AM +0100, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> >> No internal users left and cryptographically insecure. Users should
> >> upgrade to something else, e.g. sha256 blake3.
> >>
> >> Some drivers have their own full or partial md4 implementation without
> >> using crypto/md4.
> >>
> >> Userspace code search indicates a few copies of hash_info.h
> >> https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=HASH_ALGO_MD4&literal=1 without
> >> need for MD4.
> >>
> >> Preserve uapi hash algorithm indexes and array length, but rename the
> >> MD4 enum.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov@...onical.com>
> >> ---
> >>   crypto/Kconfig                 |   6 -
> >>   crypto/Makefile                |   1 -
> >>   crypto/hash_info.c             |   4 +-
> >>   crypto/md4.c                   | 241 ---------------------------------
> >>   crypto/tcrypt.c                |  12 --
> >>   crypto/testmgr.c               |   6 -
> >>   crypto/testmgr.h               |  42 ------
> >>   include/uapi/linux/hash_info.h |   2 +-
> >>   8 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 311 deletions(-)
> >>   delete mode 100644 crypto/md4.c
> >
> > Patch applied.  Thanks.
>
> Does this patch break userspace?

I will check all of the below and get back to you.

>
> Here's a thread regarding MD4 the last time its removal was attempted:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-crypto/20210818144617.110061-1-ardb@kernel.org/
>
> Please note that iwd does use MD4 hashes here:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git/tree/ell/checksum.c#n63
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/tree/src/eap-mschapv2.c#n165
>
> Regards,
> -Denis



-- 
okurrr,

Dimitri

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