Re: [PATCH v0 6/8] KEYS: trusted: caam based black key
From: Ben Boeckel <hidden>
Date: 2022-10-06 12:41:55
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From: Ben Boeckel <hidden>
Date: 2022-10-06 12:41:55
Also in:
keyrings, linux-crypto, linux-integrity, lkml
On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 18:38:35 +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
- CAAM supports two types of black keys: -- Plain key encrypted with ECB -- Plain key encrypted with CCM
What is a "black key"? Is this described in the documentation or local comments at all? (I know I'm unfamiliar with CAAM, but maybe this should be mentioned somewhere?).
Note: Due to robustness, default encytption used for black key is CCM.
^^^^^^^^^^ encryption What "robustness"? Surely there's some more technical details involved here?
- A black key blob is generated, and added to trusted key payload. This is done as part of sealing operation, that was triggered as a result of: -- new key generation -- load key,
It seems that "black keys" are what the uapi calls "hw". I think this should be mentioned in the commit message (and CAAM docs). What do other keytypes do if `hw` is requested and it's not possible (say, `big_key`)? Thanks, --Ben