Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Jan 2022 23:58:39 +0200 | From | Jarkko Sakkinen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] KEYS: encrypted: Instantiate key with user-provided decrypted data |
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 04:53:30PM -0500, Yael Tiomkin wrote: > The encrypted.c class supports instantiation of encrypted keys with > either an already-encrypted key material, or by generating new key > material based on random numbers. This patch defines a new datablob > format: [<format>] <master-key name> <decrypted data length> > <decrypted data> that allows to instantiate encrypted keys using > user-provided decrypted data, and therefore allows to perform key > encryption from userspace. The decrypted key material will be > inaccessible from userspace. > > Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Yael Tiomkin <yaelt@google.com>
What is the use case for this?
BR, Jarkko
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