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66.Dd October 6, 2021
67.Dt CRYPTO 4
68.Os
69.Sh NAME
70.Nm crypto ,
71.Nm cryptodev
72.Nd user-mode access to hardware-accelerated cryptography
73.Sh SYNOPSIS
74.Cd device crypto
75.Cd device cryptodev
76.Pp
77.In sys/ioctl.h
78.In sys/time.h
79.In crypto/cryptodev.h
80.Sh DESCRIPTION
81The
82.Nm
83driver gives user-mode applications access to hardware-accelerated
84cryptographic transforms as implemented by the
85.Xr crypto 9
86in-kernel interface.
87.Pp
88The
89.Pa /dev/crypto
90special device provides an
91.Xr ioctl 2
92based interface.
93User-mode applications open the special device and
94then issue
95.Xr ioctl 2
96calls on the descriptor.
97User-mode access to
98.Pa /dev/crypto
99is controlled by the
100.Ic kern.cryptodevallowsoft
101.Xr sysctl 8
102variable.
103If this variable is zero,
104then user-mode sessions are only permitted to use cryptography coprocessors.
105.Sh THEORY OF OPERATION
106Use of the device requires a basic series of steps:
107.Bl -enum
108.It
109Open the
110.Pa /dev/crypto
111device.
112.It
113Create a session with
114.Dv CIOCGSESSION
115or
116.Dv CIOCGSESSION2 .
117Applications will require at least one symmetric session.
118Since cipher and MAC keys are tied to sessions, many
119applications will require more.
120.It
121Submit requests, synchronously with
122.Dv CIOCCRYPT
123or
124.Dv CIOCCRYPTAEAD .
125.It
126Optionally destroy a session with
127.Dv CIOCFSESSION .
128.It
129Close the
130.Pa /dev/crypto
131device.
132This will automatically close any remaining sessions associated with the
133file desriptor.
134.El
135.Sh SYMMETRIC-KEY OPERATION
136.Nm cryptodev
137provides a context-based API
138to traditional symmetric-key encryption (or privacy) algorithms,
139keyed and unkeyed one-way hash (HMAC and MAC) algorithms,
140encrypt-then-authenticate (ETA) fused operations,
141and authenticated encryption with additional data (AEAD) operations.
142For ETA operations,
143drivers perform both a privacy algorithm and an integrity-check
144algorithm in a single pass over the data: either a fused
145encrypt/HMAC-generate operation, or a fused HMAC-verify/decrypt operation.
146Similarly, for AEAD operations,
147drivers perform either an encrypt/MAC-generate operation
148or a MAC-verify/decrypt operation.
149.Pp
150The algorithm(s) and key(s) to use are specified when a session is
151created.
152Individual requests are able to specify per-request initialization vectors
153or nonces.
154.Ss Algorithms
155For a list of supported algorithms, see
156.Xr crypto 7 .
157.Ss IOCTL Request Descriptions
158.\"
159.Bl -tag -width CIOCGSESSION
160.\"
161.It Dv CIOCFINDDEV Fa struct crypt_find_op *fop
162.Bd -literal
163struct crypt_find_op {
164    int     crid;       /* driver id + flags */
165    char    name[32];   /* device/driver name */
166};
167
168.Ed
169If
170.Fa crid
171is -1, then find the driver named
172.Fa name
173and return the id in
174.Fa crid .
175If
176.Fa crid
177is not -1, return the name of the driver with
178.Fa crid
179in
180.Fa name .
181In either case, if the driver is not found,
182.Dv ENOENT
183is returned.
184.It Dv CIOCGSESSION Fa struct session_op *sessp
185.Bd -literal
186struct session_op {
187    uint32_t cipher;	/* e.g. CRYPTO_AES_CBC */
188    uint32_t mac;	/* e.g. CRYPTO_SHA2_256_HMAC */
189
190    uint32_t keylen;	/* cipher key */
191    const void *key;
192    int mackeylen;	/* mac key */
193    const void *mackey;
194
195    uint32_t ses;	/* returns: ses # */
196};
197
198.Ed
199Create a new cryptographic session on a file descriptor for the device;
200that is, a persistent object specific to the chosen
201privacy algorithm, integrity algorithm, and keys specified in
202.Fa sessp .
203The special value 0 for either privacy or integrity
204is reserved to indicate that the indicated operation (privacy or integrity)
205is not desired for this session.
206ETA sessions specify both privacy and integrity algorithms.
207AEAD sessions specify only a privacy algorithm.
208.Pp
209Multiple sessions may be bound to a single file descriptor.
210The session ID returned in
211.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]ses
212is supplied as a required field in the operation structure
213.Fa crypt_op
214for future encryption or hashing requests.
215.\" .Pp
216.\" This implementation will never return a session ID of 0 for a successful
217.\" creation of a session, which is a
218.\" .Nx
219.\" extension.
220.Pp
221For non-zero privacy algorithms, the privacy algorithm
222must be specified in
223.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]cipher ,
224the key length in
225.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]keylen ,
226and the key value in the octets addressed by
227.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]key .
228.Pp
229For keyed one-way hash algorithms, the one-way hash must be specified
230in
231.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]mac ,
232the key length in
233.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]mackey ,
234and the key value in the octets addressed by
235.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]mackeylen .
236.\"
237.Pp
238Support for a specific combination of fused privacy and
239integrity-check algorithms depends on whether the underlying
240hardware supports that combination.
241Not all combinations are supported
242by all hardware, even if the hardware supports each operation as a
243stand-alone non-fused operation.
244.It Dv CIOCGSESSION2 Fa struct session2_op *sessp
245.Bd -literal
246struct session2_op {
247    uint32_t cipher;	/* e.g. CRYPTO_AES_CBC */
248    uint32_t mac;	/* e.g. CRYPTO_SHA2_256_HMAC */
249
250    uint32_t keylen;	/* cipher key */
251    const void *key;
252    int mackeylen;	/* mac key */
253    const void *mackey;
254
255    uint32_t ses;	/* returns: ses # */
256    int	crid;		/* driver id + flags (rw) */
257    int ivlen;		/* length of nonce/IV */
258    int maclen;		/* length of MAC/tag */
259    int	pad[2];		/* for future expansion */
260};
261
262.Ed
263This request is similar to CIOGSESSION but adds additional fields.
264.Pp
265.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]crid
266requests either a specific crypto device or a class of devices (software vs
267hardware).
268.Pp
269.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]ivlen
270specifies the length of the IV or nonce supplied with each request.
271If this field is set to zero, the default IV or nonce length is used.
272.Pp
273.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]maclen
274specifies the length of the MAC or authentication tag supplied or computed by
275each request.
276If this field is set to zero, the full MAC is used.
277.Pp
278The
279.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]pad
280field must be initialized to zero.
281.It Dv CIOCCRYPT Fa struct crypt_op *cr_op
282.Bd -literal
283struct crypt_op {
284    uint32_t ses;
285    uint16_t op;	/* e.g. COP_ENCRYPT */
286    uint16_t flags;
287    u_int len;
288    const void *src;
289    void *dst;
290    void *mac;		/* must be large enough for result */
291    const void *iv;
292};
293
294.Ed
295Request an encryption/decryption (or hash) operation.
296To encrypt, set
297.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]op
298to
299.Dv COP_ENCRYPT .
300To decrypt, set
301.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]op
302to
303.Dv COP_DECRYPT .
304The field
305.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]len
306supplies the length of the input buffer; the fields
307.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]src ,
308.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]dst ,
309.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]mac ,
310.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]iv
311supply the addresses of the input buffer, output buffer,
312one-way hash, and initialization vector, respectively.
313.Pp
314If a session is using either fused encrypt-then-authenticate or
315an AEAD algorithm,
316decryption operations require the associated hash as an input.
317If the hash is incorrect, the
318operation will fail with
319.Dv EBADMSG
320and the output buffer will remain unchanged.
321.It Dv CIOCCRYPTAEAD Fa struct crypt_aead *cr_aead
322.Bd -literal
323struct crypt_aead {
324    uint32_t ses;
325    uint16_t op;	/* e.g. COP_ENCRYPT */
326    uint16_t flags;
327    u_int len;
328    u_int aadlen;
329    u_int ivlen;
330    const void *src;
331    void *dst;
332    const void *aad;	/* additional authenticated data */
333    void *tag;		/* must fit for chosen TAG length */
334    const void *iv;
335};
336
337.Ed
338The
339.Dv CIOCCRYPTAEAD
340is similar to the
341.Dv CIOCCRYPT
342but provides additional data in
343.Fa cr_aead-\*[Gt]aad
344to include in the authentication mode.
345.It Dv CIOCFSESSION Fa u_int32_t ses_id
346Destroys the session identified by
347.Fa ses_id .
348.El
349.Sh SEE ALSO
350.Xr aesni 4 ,
351.Xr hifn 4 ,
352.Xr ipsec 4 ,
353.Xr padlock 4 ,
354.Xr safe 4 ,
355.Xr crypto 7 ,
356.Xr geli 8 ,
357.Xr crypto 9
358.Sh HISTORY
359The
360.Nm
361driver first appeared in
362.Ox 3.0 .
363The
364.Nm
365driver was imported to
366.Fx 5.0 .
367.Sh BUGS
368Error checking and reporting is weak.
369.Pp
370The values specified for symmetric-key key sizes to
371.Dv CIOCGSESSION
372must exactly match the values expected by
373.Xr opencrypto 9 .
374The output buffer and MAC buffers supplied to
375.Dv CIOCCRYPT
376must follow whether privacy or integrity algorithms were specified for
377session: if you request a
378.No non- Ns Dv NULL
379algorithm, you must supply a suitably-sized buffer.
380