linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] keys: asymmetric: ASYMMETRIC_TPM2_KEY_RSA

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Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 00:39:20 +0300
From: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>, "Herbert Xu"
 <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>, <keyrings@...r.kernel.org>,
 <Andreas.Fuchs@...ineon.com>, "James Prestwood" <prestwoj@...il.com>,
 "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>, "Eric Biggers"
 <ebiggers@...nel.org>, "James Bottomley"
 <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>, <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, "open list"
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
 "James Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>, "Stefan Berger"
 <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>, "Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@...nel.org>, "Mario
 Limonciello" <mario.limonciello@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] keys: asymmetric:
 ASYMMETRIC_TPM2_KEY_RSA_SUBTYPE

On Fri May 24, 2024 at 12:25 AM EEST, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * ABI requires this according include/crypto/akcipher.h, which says
> +	 * that there is epilogue with algorithm OID and parameters length.
> +	 * Neither size nor semantics is documented *anywhere*, and there's no
> +	 * struct to hold them.
> +	 *
> +	 * So zeroing out the last eight bytes after the key blob seems like the
> +	 * best bet, given no better (or any) information. The size of the
> +	 * parameters (two u32's) was found from crypto/asymmetric/public_key.c.
> +	 */
> +	memset(work, 0, 8);

This is a mystery (or nightmare).

BR, Jarkko