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crypto/testmgr: mark rfc4106(gcm(aes)) as fips_allowed

Message ID 1422034935-25537-1-git-send-email-jarod@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Herbert Xu
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Jarod Wilson Jan. 23, 2015, 5:42 p.m. UTC
This gcm variant is popular for ipsec use, and there are folks who would
like to use it while in fips mode. Mark it with fips_allowed=1 to
facilitate that.

CC: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
CC: Stephan Mueller <smueller@atsec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
---
 crypto/testmgr.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Comments

Stephan Mueller Jan. 23, 2015, 7:58 p.m. UTC | #1
Am Freitag, 23. Januar 2015, 12:42:15 schrieb Jarod Wilson:

Hi Jarod,

>This gcm variant is popular for ipsec use, and there are folks who
>would like to use it while in fips mode. Mark it with fips_allowed=1
>to facilitate that.

Acked-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@atsec.com>

For the records: this change is ok as the RFC4106 "wrapper" only 
massages the input data like IV or keys without changing the 
cryptographic logic of GCM. As the basic cipher is not changed allowing 
RFC4106 is harmless with respect to FIPS 140-2 to use and apply this 
RFC4106 wrapper. This implies that the RFC4106 wrapper can be used in 
FIPS mode.
>
>CC: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
>CC: Stephan Mueller <smueller@atsec.com>
>Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
>---
> crypto/testmgr.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
>index 235b1ff..758d028 100644
>--- a/crypto/testmgr.c
>+++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
>@@ -3293,6 +3293,7 @@ static const struct alg_test_desc
>alg_test_descs[] = { }, {
> 		.alg = "rfc4106(gcm(aes))",
> 		.test = alg_test_aead,
>+		.fips_allowed = 1,
> 		.suite = {
> 			.aead = {
> 				.enc = {


Ciao
Stephan


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diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
index 235b1ff..758d028 100644
--- a/crypto/testmgr.c
+++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
@@ -3293,6 +3293,7 @@  static const struct alg_test_desc alg_test_descs[] = {
 	}, {
 		.alg = "rfc4106(gcm(aes))",
 		.test = alg_test_aead,
+		.fips_allowed = 1,
 		.suite = {
 			.aead = {
 				.enc = {