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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 00/18] crypto: Add generic Kerberos library
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> On Nov 12, 2020, at 1:37 PM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 12:57:45PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
>>
>> Hi Herbert, Bruce,
>>
>> Here's my first cut at a generic Kerberos crypto library in the kernel so
>> that I can share code between rxrpc and sunrpc (and cifs?).
>>
>> I derived some of the parts from the sunrpc gss library and added more
>> advanced AES and Camellia crypto. I haven't ported across the DES-based
>> crypto yet - I figure that can wait a bit till the interface is sorted.
>>
>> Whilst I have put it into a directory under crypto/, I haven't made an
>> interface that goes and loads it (analogous to crypto_alloc_skcipher,
>> say). Instead, you call:
>>
>> const struct krb5_enctype *crypto_krb5_find_enctype(u32 enctype);
>>
>> to go and get a handler table and then use a bunch of accessor functions to
>> jump through the hoops. This is basically the way the sunrpc gsslib does
>> things. It might be worth making it so you do something like:
>>
>> struct crypto_mech *ctx = crypto_mech_alloc("krb5(18)");
>>
>> to get enctype 18, but I'm not sure if it's worth the effort. Also, I'm
>> not sure if there are any alternatives to kerberos we will need to support.
>
> We did have code for a non-krb5 mechanism at some point, but it was torn
> out. So I don't think that's a priority.
>
> (Chuck, will RPC-over-SSL need a new non-krb5 mechanism?)

No, RPC-over-TLS does not involve the GSS infrastructure in any way.


>> There are three main interfaces to it:
>>
>> (*) I/O crypto: encrypt, decrypt, get_mic and verify_mic.
>>
>> These all do in-place crypto, using an sglist to define the buffer
>> with the data in it. Is it necessary to make it able to take separate
>> input and output buffers?
>
> I don't know. My memory is that the buffer management in the existing
> rpcsec_gss code is complex and fragile. See e.g. the long comment in
> gss_krb5_remove_padding.

And even worse, the buffer handling is slightly different in the NFS
client and server code paths.


> --b.
>
>> (*) PRF+ calculation for key derivation.
>> (*) Kc, Ke, Ki derivation.
>>
>> These use krb5_buffer structs to pass objects around. This is akin to
>> the xdr_netobj, but has a void* instead of a u8* data pointer.
>>
>> In terms of rxrpc's rxgk, there's another step in key derivation that isn't
>> part of the kerberos standard, but uses the PRF+ function to generate a key
>> that is then used to generate Kc, Ke and Ki. Is it worth putting this into
>> the directory or maybe having a callout to insert an intermediate step in
>> key derivation?
>>
>> Note that, for purposes of illustration, I've included some rxrpc patches
>> that use this interface to implement the rxgk Rx security class. The
>> branch also is based on some rxrpc patches that are a prerequisite for
>> this, but the crypto patches don't need it.
>>
>> ---
>> The patches can be found here also:
>>
>> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=crypto-krb5
>>
>> David
>> ---
>> David Howells (18):
>> crypto/krb5: Implement Kerberos crypto core
>> crypto/krb5: Add some constants out of sunrpc headers
>> crypto/krb5: Provide infrastructure and key derivation
>> crypto/krb5: Implement the Kerberos5 rfc3961 key derivation
>> crypto/krb5: Implement the Kerberos5 rfc3961 encrypt and decrypt functions
>> crypto/krb5: Implement the Kerberos5 rfc3961 get_mic and verify_mic
>> crypto/krb5: Implement the AES enctypes from rfc3962
>> crypto/krb5: Implement crypto self-testing
>> crypto/krb5: Implement the AES enctypes from rfc8009
>> crypto/krb5: Implement the AES encrypt/decrypt from rfc8009
>> crypto/krb5: Add the AES self-testing data from rfc8009
>> crypto/krb5: Implement the Camellia enctypes from rfc6803
>> rxrpc: Add the security index for yfs-rxgk
>> rxrpc: Add YFS RxGK (GSSAPI) security class
>> rxrpc: rxgk: Provide infrastructure and key derivation
>> rxrpc: rxgk: Implement the yfs-rxgk security class (GSSAPI)
>> rxrpc: rxgk: Implement connection rekeying
>> rxgk: Support OpenAFS's rxgk implementation
>>
>>
>> crypto/krb5/Kconfig | 9 +
>> crypto/krb5/Makefile | 11 +-
>> crypto/krb5/internal.h | 101 +++
>> crypto/krb5/kdf.c | 223 ++++++
>> crypto/krb5/main.c | 190 +++++
>> crypto/krb5/rfc3961_simplified.c | 732 ++++++++++++++++++
>> crypto/krb5/rfc3962_aes.c | 140 ++++
>> crypto/krb5/rfc6803_camellia.c | 249 ++++++
>> crypto/krb5/rfc8009_aes2.c | 440 +++++++++++
>> crypto/krb5/selftest.c | 543 +++++++++++++
>> crypto/krb5/selftest_data.c | 289 +++++++
>> fs/afs/misc.c | 13 +
>> include/crypto/krb5.h | 100 +++
>> include/keys/rxrpc-type.h | 17 +
>> include/trace/events/rxrpc.h | 4 +
>> include/uapi/linux/rxrpc.h | 17 +
>> net/rxrpc/Kconfig | 10 +
>> net/rxrpc/Makefile | 5 +
>> net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h | 20 +
>> net/rxrpc/conn_object.c | 2 +
>> net/rxrpc/key.c | 319 ++++++++
>> net/rxrpc/rxgk.c | 1232 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> net/rxrpc/rxgk_app.c | 424 ++++++++++
>> net/rxrpc/rxgk_common.h | 164 ++++
>> net/rxrpc/rxgk_kdf.c | 271 +++++++
>> net/rxrpc/security.c | 6 +
>> 26 files changed, 5530 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> create mode 100644 crypto/krb5/kdf.c
>> create mode 100644 crypto/krb5/rfc3961_simplified.c
>> create mode 100644 crypto/krb5/rfc3962_aes.c
>> create mode 100644 crypto/krb5/rfc6803_camellia.c
>> create mode 100644 crypto/krb5/rfc8009_aes2.c
>> create mode 100644 crypto/krb5/selftest.c
>> create mode 100644 crypto/krb5/selftest_data.c
>> create mode 100644 net/rxrpc/rxgk.c
>> create mode 100644 net/rxrpc/rxgk_app.c
>> create mode 100644 net/rxrpc/rxgk_common.h
>> create mode 100644 net/rxrpc/rxgk_kdf.c

--
Chuck Lever



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