Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 7 authors, 2017-09-20

[PATCH v6] security/keys: rewrite all of big_key crypto

From: Jason@zx2c4.com (Jason A. Donenfeld)
Date: 2017-09-20 14:09:53
Also in: keyrings, lkml, stable

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Stephan Mueller [off-list ref] wrote:
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Section 3 shows an attack with repeated nonces, which we don't do here.
Maybe I miss a point here, but zero IVs is no repetition of nonces?
If there's a fresh key each time, then no, it's not a repetition.

This patch uses a fresh random key for every encryption.
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