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Re: [PATCH 2/8] KEYS: Provide keyctls to drive the new key type ops for asymmetric keys [ver #2]

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  Re: [PATCH 2/8] KEYS: Provide keyctls to drive the new key type ops  for asymmetric keys [ver #2] Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com> - 2016-07-29 01:30 +0200

#1452169 — Re: [PATCH 2/8] KEYS: Provide keyctls to drive the new key type ops for asymmetric keys [ver #2]

On Thu, 23 Jun 2016, David Howells wrote:

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
> index 8ac2c5fbc8fc..93ebd25b1427 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
> @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
> #define KEYCTL_INVALIDATE		21	/* invalidate a key */
> #define KEYCTL_GET_PERSISTENT		22	/* get a user's persistent keyring */
> #define KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE		23	/* Compute Diffie-Hellman values */
> +#define KEYCTL_PKEY_QUERY		24	/* Query public key parameters */
> +#define KEYCTL_PKEY_ENCRYPT		25	/* Encrypt a blob using a public key */
> +#define KEYCTL_PKEY_DECRYPT		26	/* Decrypt a blob using a public key */
> +#define KEYCTL_PKEY_SIGN		27	/* Create a public key signature */
> +#define KEYCTL_PKEY_VERIFY		28	/* Verify a public key signature */
>
> /* keyctl structures */
> struct keyctl_dh_params {
> @@ -73,4 +78,24 @@ struct keyctl_dh_params {
> #define KEYCTL_SUPPORTS_SIGN		0x04
> #define KEYCTL_SUPPORTS_VERIFY		0x08
>
> +struct keyctl_pkey_query {
> +	__u32		supported_ops;	/* Which ops are supported */
> +	__u32		key_size;	/* Size of the key in bits */
> +	__u16		max_data_size;	/* Maximum size of raw data to sign in bytes */
> +	__u16		max_sig_size;	/* Maximum size of signature in bytes */
> +	__u16		max_enc_size;	/* Maximum size of encrypted blob in bytes */
> +	__u16		max_dec_size;	/* Maximum size of decrypted blob in bytes */
> +	__u32		__spare[10];
> +};

It would also be useful to return pkey_algo so userspace can see which 
algorithm is in use for the given public key. The public key algorithm is 
printed in /proc/keys, but is not returned by KEYCTL_PKEY_QUERY or 
KEYCTL_DESCRIBE.

Does it make sense to add the information from key->type->describe() to 
KEYCTL_PKEY_QUERY or KEYCTL_DESCRIBE? Or add something new like 
KEYCTL_DESCRIBE_TYPE?

--
Mat Martineau
Intel OTC

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