[PATCH v3 1/2] rust: crypto: add AES-128, AES-CMAC, SHA-256, and HMAC bindings
From: Mike Lothian
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 12:30:42 EST
Expose the synchronous lib/crypto AES-128, AES-CMAC, SHA-256, and
HMAC-SHA256 primitives through safe Rust APIs.
Aes128 prepares the key schedule once and reuses it for block encryption
and CMAC. The one-shot hash and HMAC helpers operate on slices, and
every API uses fixed-size outputs. C shims cover interfaces that bindgen
cannot represent and clear temporary key material before returning.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Mike Lothian <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h | 3 +
rust/helpers/crypto.c | 37 ++++++++++
rust/helpers/helpers.c | 1 +
rust/kernel/crypto.rs | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 1 +
5 files changed, 157 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 rust/helpers/crypto.c
create mode 100644 rust/kernel/crypto.rs
diff --git a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
index 2d079f278a04..8d7489b8cce8 100644
--- a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
+++ b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
*/
#include <linux/hrtimer_types.h>
+#include <crypto/aes.h>
+#include <crypto/sha2.h>
+
#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/gpu_buddy.h>
#include <drm/drm_device.h>
diff --git a/rust/helpers/crypto.c b/rust/helpers/crypto.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a18780231ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/helpers/crypto.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <crypto/aes.h>
+#include <crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+/*
+ * aes_encrypt() takes a transparent union (aes_encrypt_arg) that bindgen cannot
+ * express, so the single-block encrypt step is wrapped here. The key schedule
+ * is prepared once (aes_prepareenckey() is a plain extern bound directly) and
+ * the resulting struct aes_enckey is reused across blocks by the caller, so the
+ * key is not re-expanded per block. SHA-256 and HMAC-SHA256 are plain extern
+ * functions and are bound directly.
+ */
+__rust_helper void
+rust_helper_aes_enckey_encrypt_block(const struct aes_enckey *key, u8 *out,
+ const u8 *in)
+{
+ aes_encrypt(key, out, in);
+}
+
+/*
+ * AES-CMAC one-shot over the in-tree library (crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h): prepares
+ * the 128-bit key, MACs @data and writes the 16-byte tag to @out. A helper
+ * because both aes_cmac_preparekey()'s struct and the aes_cmac() one-shot are
+ * not expressible from Rust directly. The key length is fixed at 128 bits, so
+ * aes_cmac_preparekey() cannot fail; the prepared key is wiped before return.
+ */
+__rust_helper void
+rust_helper_aes_cmac(const u8 *key, const u8 *data, size_t data_len, u8 *out)
+{
+ struct aes_cmac_key cmac_key;
+
+ aes_cmac_preparekey(&cmac_key, key, AES_KEYSIZE_128);
+ aes_cmac(&cmac_key, data, data_len, out);
+ memzero_explicit(&cmac_key, sizeof(cmac_key));
+}
diff --git a/rust/helpers/helpers.c b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
index 0d85b5e68ec2..cb7c668bffa2 100644
--- a/rust/helpers/helpers.c
+++ b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
#include "cpufreq.c"
#include "cpumask.c"
#include "cred.c"
+#include "crypto.c"
#include "device.c"
#include "dma.c"
#include "dma-resv.c"
diff --git a/rust/kernel/crypto.rs b/rust/kernel/crypto.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f7c301b2bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/crypto.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Safe wrappers over the kernel's synchronous library crypto.
+//!
+//! Exposes the one-shot `lib/crypto` primitives — AES-128 (an [`Aes128`] key
+//! prepared once for single-block encryption, the building block for modes the
+//! library does not yet provide such as AES-CTR), the in-tree AES-CMAC
+//! ([`aes_cmac`]), SHA-256 and HMAC-SHA256 — for use from Rust. They run
+//! synchronously in the calling context with no allocation; the hashes and the
+//! MAC are infallible.
+//!
+//! C headers: [`include/crypto/aes.h`](srctree/include/crypto/aes.h),
+//! [`include/crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h`](srctree/include/crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h),
+//! [`include/crypto/sha2.h`](srctree/include/crypto/sha2.h).
+
+use crate::{bindings, error::to_result, prelude::*};
+
+/// Size of a SHA-256 / HMAC-SHA256 digest, in bytes.
+pub const SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE: usize = 32;
+/// AES-128 block and key size, in bytes.
+pub const AES128_BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 16;
+
+/// Returns the SHA-256 digest of `data`.
+pub fn sha256(data: &[u8]) -> [u8; SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE] {
+ let mut out = [0u8; SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
+ // SAFETY: `data` is valid for `data.len()` reads and `out` is a valid
+ // `SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE`-byte output buffer, as `sha256()` requires.
+ unsafe { bindings::sha256(data.as_ptr(), data.len(), out.as_mut_ptr()) };
+ out
+}
+
+/// Returns `HMAC-SHA256(key, data)`.
+pub fn hmac_sha256(key: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> [u8; SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE] {
+ let mut out = [0u8; SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
+ // SAFETY: `key` and `data` are valid for their respective lengths and `out`
+ // is a valid `SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE`-byte output buffer, as required.
+ unsafe {
+ bindings::hmac_sha256_usingrawkey(
+ key.as_ptr(),
+ key.len(),
+ data.as_ptr(),
+ data.len(),
+ out.as_mut_ptr(),
+ )
+ };
+ out
+}
+
+/// Returns `AES-CMAC-128(key, data)` (RFC 4493), computed by the in-tree
+/// AES-CMAC library ([`include/crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h`]). The 128-bit key is
+/// prepared and wiped internally; the call is infallible.
+///
+/// [`include/crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h`]: srctree/include/crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h
+pub fn aes_cmac(key: &[u8; AES128_BLOCK_SIZE], data: &[u8]) -> [u8; AES128_BLOCK_SIZE] {
+ let mut out = [0u8; AES128_BLOCK_SIZE];
+ // SAFETY: `key` is a valid 16-byte key, `data` is valid for `data.len()`
+ // reads, and `out` is a valid `AES128_BLOCK_SIZE`-byte output buffer, as the
+ // helper requires.
+ unsafe { bindings::aes_cmac(key.as_ptr(), data.as_ptr(), data.len(), out.as_mut_ptr()) };
+ out
+}
+
+/// An AES-128 key, expanded once for single-block encryption.
+///
+/// The key schedule is computed in [`Aes128::new`] and reused across every
+/// [`encrypt_block`](Aes128::encrypt_block) call, so encrypting a stream of
+/// blocks (e.g. an AES-CTR keystream) does not re-expand the key per block. This
+/// is a low-level building block: prefer a full mode of operation where the
+/// library provides one (see [`aes_cmac`]); the bare block cipher is here only
+/// for modes `lib/crypto` does not yet expose, such as AES-CTR.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use kernel::crypto::Aes128;
+/// let cipher = Aes128::new(&[0u8; 16])?;
+/// let _ct = cipher.encrypt_block(&[0u8; 16]);
+/// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+/// ```
+pub struct Aes128(bindings::aes_enckey);
+
+impl Aes128 {
+ /// Expands an AES-128 key from 16 raw key bytes.
+ pub fn new(key: &[u8; AES128_BLOCK_SIZE]) -> Result<Self> {
+ // SAFETY: `aes_enckey` is a plain-old-data key schedule (integer arrays
+ // in a union of integer arrays); an all-zero bit pattern is a valid,
+ // inert initial value, fully overwritten by `aes_prepareenckey()` below.
+ let mut enckey: bindings::aes_enckey = unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() };
+ // SAFETY: `enckey` is a valid, owned `aes_enckey`; `key` is a valid
+ // 16-byte buffer; `AES128_BLOCK_SIZE` (16) is a supported key length.
+ let ret =
+ unsafe { bindings::aes_prepareenckey(&mut enckey, key.as_ptr(), AES128_BLOCK_SIZE) };
+ to_result(ret)?;
+ Ok(Self(enckey))
+ }
+
+ /// Encrypts one 16-byte block with the prepared key: returns
+ /// `AES-128-ECB(key, block)`.
+ pub fn encrypt_block(&self, block: &[u8; AES128_BLOCK_SIZE]) -> [u8; AES128_BLOCK_SIZE] {
+ let mut out = [0u8; AES128_BLOCK_SIZE];
+ // SAFETY: `self.0` is a prepared encryption key; `block` and `out` are
+ // valid 16-byte buffers, as the helper requires.
+ unsafe { bindings::aes_enckey_encrypt_block(&self.0, out.as_mut_ptr(), block.as_ptr()) };
+ out
+ }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Aes128 {
+ fn drop(&mut self) {
+ // SAFETY: `self.0` is a valid, owned `aes_enckey`; overwriting it with
+ // an all-zero `aes_enckey` clears the expanded key schedule.
+ // `write_volatile` keeps the store from being optimised away.
+ unsafe { core::ptr::write_volatile(&mut self.0, core::mem::zeroed()) };
+ }
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index d7ced2a4c11f..3c45e4730646 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
pub mod cpufreq;
pub mod cpumask;
pub mod cred;
+pub mod crypto;
pub mod debugfs;
pub mod device;
pub mod device_id;