[PATCH 08/14] KEYS: Add signature verification facility

From: David Howells
Date: Mon Nov 28 2011 - 10:46:17 EST


Add a facility whereby a key subtype may be asked to verify a signature against
the data it is purported to have signed.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Documentation/security/keys-crypto.txt | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
include/keys/crypto-subtype.h | 15 +++++
include/keys/crypto-type.h | 9 +++
security/keys/Makefile | 2 -
security/keys/crypto_verify.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 security/keys/crypto_verify.c


diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys-crypto.txt b/Documentation/security/keys-crypto.txt
index 44c936a..236d750c 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys-crypto.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys-crypto.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Contents:
- Key identification.
- Crypto subtypes.
- Accessing crypto keys.
+ - Signature verification.
- Implementing crypto subtypes.
+ - Registration.


========
@@ -98,14 +100,69 @@ This gives access to the key type:
struct key_type key_type_crypto;


+SIGNATURE VERIFICATION
+----------------------
+
+The four operations that can perform cryptographic signature verification,
+using a key to provide the public key:
+
+ (1) Begin verification procedure.
+
+ struct crypto_key_verify_context *
+ verify_sig_begin(struct key *key, const void *sig, size_t siglen);
+
+ This function sets up a verification context from the specified key and
+ the signature blob. The signature blob must be presented again at the end
+ of the procedure. The key is checked against parameters in the signature,
+ and if it's not the right key then an error will be given.
+
+ If such a thing applies, the hashing algorithm, will be extracted from the
+ signature and the appropriate crypto module will be used. -ENOPKG will be
+ returned if the hash algorithm is unavailable.
+
+ The return value is an opaque pointer to be passed to the other functions,
+ or a negative error code.
+
+ (2) Indicate data to be verified.
+
+ int verify_sig_add_data(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *data, size_t datalen);
+
+ This function is used to shovel data to the verification procedure so that
+ it can load it into the hash, pass it to hardware or whatever is
+ appropriate for the algorithm being employed.
+
+ The data is not canonicalised for the document type specified in the
+ signature. The caller must do that.
+
+ It will return 0 if successful and a negative error code if not.
+
+ (3) Complete the verification process.
+
+ int verify_sig_end(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *sig, size_t siglen);
+
+ This function performs the actual signature verification step and cleans
+ up the resources allocated at the beginning. The signature must be
+ presented again as some of the data therein may need to be added to the
+ internal hash.
+
+ It will return -EKEYREJECTED if the signature didn't match, 0 if
+ successful and may return other errors as appropriate.
+
+ (4) Cancel the verification process.
+
+ void verify_sig_cancel(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx);
+
+ This function cleans up the resources allocated at the beginning. This is
+ not necessary if verify_sig_end() was called.
+
+
============================
IMPLEMENTING CRYPTO SUBTYPES
============================

-If a suitable subtype is found, then key->type_data.p[0] is set to point to the
-subtype definition and the module usage count is incremented.
-
-The subtype definition structure looks like the following:
+Each subtype is specified through a definition structure:

struct crypto_key_subtype {
struct module *owner;
@@ -118,6 +175,14 @@ The subtype definition structure looks like the following:

void (*revoke)(struct key *key);
void (*destroy)(struct key *key);
+
+ struct crypto_key_verify_context *(*verify_sig_begin)(
+ struct key *key, const u8 *sig, size_t siglen);
+ int (*verify_sig_add_data)(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *data, size_t datalen);
+ int (*verify_sig_end)(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const u8 *sig, size_t siglen);
+ void (*verify_sig_cancel)(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx);
};

The owner and name fields should be set to the owning module and the name of
@@ -160,6 +225,39 @@ management of the key itself:
must free whatever key->payload refers to.


+There are then sets of method pointers to actually use the key for things:
+
+ (*) Signature verification
+
+ Then there are functions to verify a signature using the public key stored in
+ this key:
+
+ (1) verify_sig_begin().
+ (2) verify_sig_add_data().
+ (3) verify_sig_end().
+ (4) verify_sig_cancel().
+
+ These correspond to the accessor functions mentioned in the previous
+ section. The first function is optional - if it is not provided, then
+ verification is not a service available with this key. The other three
+ are mandatory if the first is supplied and unnecessary otherwise.
+
+ The subtype should allocate a context in ->verify_sig_begin() and embed
+ the following struct in it:
+
+ struct crypto_key_verify_context {
+ struct key *key;
+ };
+
+ A pointer to this struct is then returned to the caller. This is used by
+ the master routines to route the operations to the right place. This is
+ passed to the _add_data, _end and _cancel routines - which should use
+ container_of() on it to get the full context.
+
+
+REGISTRATION
+------------
+
Functions are provided to register and unregister key subtypes:

int register_crypto_key_subtype(struct crypto_key_subtype *subtype);
diff --git a/include/keys/crypto-subtype.h b/include/keys/crypto-subtype.h
index 218cb2b..76dbd50 100644
--- a/include/keys/crypto-subtype.h
+++ b/include/keys/crypto-subtype.h
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
extern struct key_type key_type_crypto;

/*
+ * Context base for signature verification methods. Allocated by the subtype
+ * and presumably embedded in something appropriate.
+ */
+struct crypto_key_verify_context {
+ struct key *key;
+};
+
+/*
* Keys of this type declare a subtype that indicates the handlers and
* capabilities.
*/
@@ -38,6 +46,13 @@ struct crypto_key_subtype {
void (*revoke)(struct key *key);
void (*destroy)(struct key *key);

+ struct crypto_key_verify_context *(*verify_sig_begin)(
+ struct key *key, const u8 *sig, size_t siglen);
+ int (*verify_sig_add_data)(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *data, size_t datalen);
+ int (*verify_sig_end)(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const u8 *sig, size_t siglen);
+ void (*verify_sig_cancel)(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx);
};

extern int register_crypto_key_subtype(struct crypto_key_subtype *);
diff --git a/include/keys/crypto-type.h b/include/keys/crypto-type.h
index 47c00c7..6b93366 100644
--- a/include/keys/crypto-type.h
+++ b/include/keys/crypto-type.h
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@

extern struct key_type key_type_crypto;

+struct crypto_key_verify_context;
+extern struct crypto_key_verify_context *verify_sig_begin(
+ struct key *key, const void *sig, size_t siglen);
+extern int verify_sig_add_data(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *data, size_t datalen);
+extern int verify_sig_end(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *sig, size_t siglen);
+extern void verify_sig_cancel(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx);
+
/*
* The payload is at the discretion of the subtype.
*/
diff --git a/security/keys/Makefile b/security/keys/Makefile
index 293eefb..f37c750 100644
--- a/security/keys/Makefile
+++ b/security/keys/Makefile
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_KEYS_COMPAT) += compat.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += proc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl.o

-crypto_keys-y := crypto_type.o pgp_parse.o
+crypto_keys-y := crypto_type.o pgp_parse.o crypto_verify.o
crypto_dsa-y := crypto_dsa_subtype.o
diff --git a/security/keys/crypto_verify.c b/security/keys/crypto_verify.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac97cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/keys/crypto_verify.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* Signature verification with a crypto key
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * See Documentation/security/keys-crypto.txt
+ */
+
+#include <keys/crypto-subtype.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include "crypto_keys.h"
+
+/**
+ * verify_sig_begin - Initiate the use of a crypto key to verify a signature
+ * @key: The public key to verify against
+ * @sig: The signature data
+ * @siglen: The signature length
+ *
+ * Returns a context or an error.
+ */
+struct crypto_key_verify_context *verify_sig_begin(
+ struct key *key, const void *sig, size_t siglen)
+{
+ const struct crypto_key_subtype *subtype = crypto_key_subtype(key);
+
+ if (!subtype || !subtype->verify_sig_begin)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+
+ return subtype->verify_sig_begin(key, sig, siglen);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(verify_sig_begin);
+
+/**
+ * verify_sig_add_data - Incrementally provide data to be verified
+ * @ctx: The context from verify_sig_begin()
+ * @data: Data
+ * @datalen: The amount of @data
+ *
+ * This may be called multiple times.
+ */
+int verify_sig_add_data(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *data, size_t datalen)
+{
+ const struct crypto_key_subtype *subtype;
+
+ BUG_ON(!ctx);
+ subtype = crypto_key_subtype(ctx->key);
+ return subtype->verify_sig_add_data(ctx, data, datalen);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(verify_sig_add_data);
+
+/**
+ * verify_sig_end - Finalise signature verification and return result
+ * @ctx: The context from verify_sig_begin()
+ * @sig: The signature data
+ * @siglen: The signature length
+ */
+int verify_sig_end(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx,
+ const void *sig, size_t siglen)
+{
+ const struct crypto_key_subtype *subtype;
+
+ BUG_ON(!ctx);
+ subtype = crypto_key_subtype(ctx->key);
+ return subtype->verify_sig_end(ctx, sig, siglen);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(verify_sig_end);
+
+/**
+ * verify_sig_end - Cancel signature verification
+ * @ctx: The context from verify_sig_begin()
+ */
+void verify_sig_cancel(struct crypto_key_verify_context *ctx)
+{
+ const struct crypto_key_subtype *subtype;
+
+ BUG_ON(!ctx);
+ subtype = crypto_key_subtype(ctx->key);
+ subtype->verify_sig_cancel(ctx);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(verify_sig_cancel);

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