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Message-ID: <CAN05THRzP6uFyza90kBy5Ku8yGKMi2K5VYX1TJsjbvQrLfAEiw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:42:11 +1000
From: ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@...il.com>
To: Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
Cc: John Sanpe <sanpeqf@...il.com>, stfrench@...rosoft.com,
linkinjeon@...nel.org, pc@...guebit.com, sprasad@...rosoft.com,
linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
samba-technical <samba-technical@...ts.samba.org>,
Jeremy Allison <jra@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/smb: using crypto lib instead cifs_arc4
You are right. The reason that arc4 and friend were moved into cifs
was because the crypto guys told us "we will delete these algorithms
from the crypto library"
On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 at 05:40, Steve French <smfrench@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Adding Ronnie to cc: since he may have additional context why arc4 was
> moved out of crypto to cifs common code
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 2:38 PM Steve French <smfrench@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > I thought that the whole point of kernel crypto guys was the reverse -
> > ie arc4 must be moved to cifs.ko since cifs/smb3 mounts had the only
> > approved use case. Ronnie may have additional context, but there was
> > a push to remove arc4 and md4 (see e.g. the emails threads about:
> > "crypto: remove MD4 generic shash"). I also want to be careful that
> > we don't accidentally disable smb3.1.1 mounts (which are highly
> > secure) because they have small dependencies on old algorithms (even
> > if that doesn't cause problems with typical reasonable length password
> > cases)
> >
> > commit 71c02863246167b3d1639b8278681ca8ebedcb4e
> > Author: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@...hat.com>
> > Date: Thu Aug 19 20:34:59 2021 +1000
> >
> > cifs: fork arc4 and create a separate module for it for cifs and other users
> >
> > We can not drop ARC4 and basically destroy CIFS connectivity for
> > almost all CIFS users so create a new forked ARC4 module that CIFS and other
> > subsystems that have a hard dependency on ARC4 can use.
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 1:39 PM John Sanpe <sanpeqf@...il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Replace internal logic with an independent arc4 library.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: John Sanpe <sanpeqf@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > > fs/smb/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > fs/smb/client/cifsencrypt.c | 7 ++--
> > > fs/smb/common/Makefile | 1 -
> > > fs/smb/common/arc4.h | 23 ------------
> > > fs/smb/common/cifs_arc4.c | 74 -------------------------------------
> > > fs/smb/server/auth.c | 6 +--
> > > 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
> > > delete mode 100644 fs/smb/common/arc4.h
> > > delete mode 100644 fs/smb/common/cifs_arc4.c
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/smb/Kconfig b/fs/smb/Kconfig
> > > index ef425789fa6a..65e5a437898b 100644
> > > --- a/fs/smb/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/fs/smb/Kconfig
> > > @@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ source "fs/smb/server/Kconfig"
> > >
> > > config SMBFS
> > > tristate
> > > + select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
> > > default y if CIFS=y || SMB_SERVER=y
> > > default m if CIFS=m || SMB_SERVER=m
> > > diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsencrypt.c
> > > index ef4c2e3c9fa6..d8754c406b5f 100644
> > > --- a/fs/smb/client/cifsencrypt.c
> > > +++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsencrypt.c
> > > @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
> > > #include <linux/random.h>
> > > #include <linux/highmem.h>
> > > #include <linux/fips.h>
> > > -#include "../common/arc4.h"
> > > +#include <crypto/arc4.h>
> > > #include <crypto/aead.h>
> > >
> > > /*
> > > @@ -826,9 +826,8 @@ calc_seckey(struct cifs_ses *ses)
> > > return -ENOMEM;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - cifs_arc4_setkey(ctx_arc4, ses->auth_key.response, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
> > > - cifs_arc4_crypt(ctx_arc4, ses->ntlmssp->ciphertext, sec_key,
> > > - CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
> > > + arc4_setkey(ctx_arc4, ses->auth_key.response, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
> > > + arc4_crypt(ctx_arc4, ses->ntlmssp->ciphertext, sec_key, CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
> > >
> > > /* make secondary_key/nonce as session key */
> > > memcpy(ses->auth_key.response, sec_key, CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
> > > diff --git a/fs/smb/common/Makefile b/fs/smb/common/Makefile
> > > index c66dbbc1469c..9e0730a385fb 100644
> > > --- a/fs/smb/common/Makefile
> > > +++ b/fs/smb/common/Makefile
> > > @@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
> > > # Makefile for Linux filesystem routines that are shared by client and server.
> > > #
> > >
> > > -obj-$(CONFIG_SMBFS) += cifs_arc4.o
> > > obj-$(CONFIG_SMBFS) += cifs_md4.o
> > > diff --git a/fs/smb/common/arc4.h b/fs/smb/common/arc4.h
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index 12e71ec033a1..000000000000
> > > --- a/fs/smb/common/arc4.h
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
> > > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
> > > -/*
> > > - * Common values for ARC4 Cipher Algorithm
> > > - */
> > > -
> > > -#ifndef _CRYPTO_ARC4_H
> > > -#define _CRYPTO_ARC4_H
> > > -
> > > -#include <linux/types.h>
> > > -
> > > -#define ARC4_MIN_KEY_SIZE 1
> > > -#define ARC4_MAX_KEY_SIZE 256
> > > -#define ARC4_BLOCK_SIZE 1
> > > -
> > > -struct arc4_ctx {
> > > - u32 S[256];
> > > - u32 x, y;
> > > -};
> > > -
> > > -int cifs_arc4_setkey(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, const u8 *in_key, unsigned int key_len);
> > > -void cifs_arc4_crypt(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, u8 *out, const u8 *in, unsigned int len);
> > > -
> > > -#endif /* _CRYPTO_ARC4_H */
> > > diff --git a/fs/smb/common/cifs_arc4.c b/fs/smb/common/cifs_arc4.c
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index 043e4cb839fa..000000000000
> > > --- a/fs/smb/common/cifs_arc4.c
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
> > > -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > > -/*
> > > - * Cryptographic API
> > > - *
> > > - * ARC4 Cipher Algorithm
> > > - *
> > > - * Jon Oberheide <jon@...rheide.org>
> > > - */
> > > -
> > > -#include <linux/module.h>
> > > -#include "arc4.h"
> > > -
> > > -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > > -
> > > -int cifs_arc4_setkey(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, const u8 *in_key, unsigned int key_len)
> > > -{
> > > - int i, j = 0, k = 0;
> > > -
> > > - ctx->x = 1;
> > > - ctx->y = 0;
> > > -
> > > - for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
> > > - ctx->S[i] = i;
> > > -
> > > - for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
> > > - u32 a = ctx->S[i];
> > > -
> > > - j = (j + in_key[k] + a) & 0xff;
> > > - ctx->S[i] = ctx->S[j];
> > > - ctx->S[j] = a;
> > > - if (++k >= key_len)
> > > - k = 0;
> > > - }
> > > -
> > > - return 0;
> > > -}
> > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cifs_arc4_setkey);
> > > -
> > > -void cifs_arc4_crypt(struct arc4_ctx *ctx, u8 *out, const u8 *in, unsigned int len)
> > > -{
> > > - u32 *const S = ctx->S;
> > > - u32 x, y, a, b;
> > > - u32 ty, ta, tb;
> > > -
> > > - if (len == 0)
> > > - return;
> > > -
> > > - x = ctx->x;
> > > - y = ctx->y;
> > > -
> > > - a = S[x];
> > > - y = (y + a) & 0xff;
> > > - b = S[y];
> > > -
> > > - do {
> > > - S[y] = a;
> > > - a = (a + b) & 0xff;
> > > - S[x] = b;
> > > - x = (x + 1) & 0xff;
> > > - ta = S[x];
> > > - ty = (y + ta) & 0xff;
> > > - tb = S[ty];
> > > - *out++ = *in++ ^ S[a];
> > > - if (--len == 0)
> > > - break;
> > > - y = ty;
> > > - a = ta;
> > > - b = tb;
> > > - } while (true);
> > > -
> > > - ctx->x = x;
> > > - ctx->y = y;
> > > -}
> > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cifs_arc4_crypt);
> > > diff --git a/fs/smb/server/auth.c b/fs/smb/server/auth.c
> > > index 229a6527870d..5640196b313f 100644
> > > --- a/fs/smb/server/auth.c
> > > +++ b/fs/smb/server/auth.c
> > > @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
> > > #include "mgmt/user_config.h"
> > > #include "crypto_ctx.h"
> > > #include "transport_ipc.h"
> > > -#include "../common/arc4.h"
> > > +#include <crypto/arc4.h>
> > >
> > > /*
> > > * Fixed format data defining GSS header and fixed string
> > > @@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ int ksmbd_decode_ntlmssp_auth_blob(struct authenticate_message *authblob,
> > > if (!ctx_arc4)
> > > return -ENOMEM;
> > >
> > > - cifs_arc4_setkey(ctx_arc4, sess->sess_key,
> > > + arc4_setkey(ctx_arc4, sess->sess_key,
> > > SMB2_NTLMV2_SESSKEY_SIZE);
> > > - cifs_arc4_crypt(ctx_arc4, sess->sess_key,
> > > + arc4_crypt(ctx_arc4, sess->sess_key,
> > > (char *)authblob + sess_key_off, sess_key_len);
> > > kfree_sensitive(ctx_arc4);
> > > }
> > > --
> > > 2.41.0
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
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