Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] crypto: AF_ALG -- add setpubkey setsockopt call

From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Fri Oct 30 2015 - 04:17:24 EST


Hi Stephan,

> For supporting asymmetric ciphers, user space must be able to set the
> public key. The patch adds a new setsockopt call for setting the public
> key.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> crypto/af_alg.c | 14 +++++++++++---
> include/crypto/if_alg.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/af_alg.c b/crypto/af_alg.c
> index a8e7aa3..bf6528e 100644
> --- a/crypto/af_alg.c
> +++ b/crypto/af_alg.c
> @@ -173,13 +173,16 @@ static int alg_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
> }
>
> static int alg_setkey(struct sock *sk, char __user *ukey,
> - unsigned int keylen)
> + unsigned int keylen, bool pubkey)
> {
> struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
> const struct af_alg_type *type = ask->type;
> u8 *key;
> int err;
>
> + if (pubkey && !type->setpubkey)
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> key = sock_kmalloc(sk, keylen, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!key)
> return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -188,7 +191,10 @@ static int alg_setkey(struct sock *sk, char __user *ukey,
> if (copy_from_user(key, ukey, keylen))
> goto out;
>
> - err = type->setkey(ask->private, key, keylen);
> + if (pubkey)
> + err = type->setpubkey(ask->private, key, keylen);
> + else
> + err = type->setkey(ask->private, key, keyless);

why is this kind of hackery needed? Why not just introduce alg_setpubkey to keep this a lot cleaner.

>
> out:
> sock_kzfree_s(sk, key, keylen);
> @@ -212,12 +218,14 @@ static int alg_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
>
> switch (optname) {
> case ALG_SET_KEY:
> + case ALG_SET_PUBKEY:
> if (sock->state == SS_CONNECTED)
> goto unlock;
> if (!type->setkey)
> goto unlock;
>
> - err = alg_setkey(sk, optval, optlen);
> + err = alg_setkey(sk, optval, optlen,
> + (optname == ALG_SET_PUBKEY) ? true : false);
> break;

Same here. Why not give ALG_SET_PUBKEY a separate case statement. Especially since you have to check type->setkey vs type->setpubkey.

> case ALG_SET_AEAD_AUTHSIZE:
> if (sock->state == SS_CONNECTED)
> diff --git a/include/crypto/if_alg.h b/include/crypto/if_alg.h
> index 018afb2..ca4dc72 100644
> --- a/include/crypto/if_alg.h
> +++ b/include/crypto/if_alg.h
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct af_alg_type {
> void *(*bind)(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask);
> void (*release)(void *private);
> int (*setkey)(void *private, const u8 *key, unsigned int keylen);
> + int (*setpubkey)(void *private, const u8 *key, unsigned int keylen);
> int (*accept)(void *private, struct sock *sk);
> int (*setauthsize)(void *private, unsigned int authorize);

Regards

Marcel

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