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63.Dd September 21, 2017
64.Dt CRYPTO 4
65.Os
66.Sh NAME
67.Nm crypto ,
68.Nm cryptodev
69.Nd user-mode access to hardware-accelerated cryptography
70.Sh SYNOPSIS
71.Cd device crypto
72.Cd device cryptodev
73.Pp
74.In sys/ioctl.h
75.In sys/time.h
76.In crypto/cryptodev.h
77.Sh DESCRIPTION
78The
79.Nm
80driver gives user-mode applications access to hardware-accelerated
81cryptographic transforms, as implemented by the
82.Xr crypto 9
83in-kernel interface.
84.Pp
85The
86.Pa /dev/crypto
87special device provides an
88.Xr ioctl 2
89based interface.
90User-mode applications should open the special device,
91then issue
92.Xr ioctl 2
93calls on the descriptor.
94User-mode access to
95.Pa /dev/crypto
96is controlled by three
97.Xr sysctl 8
98variables,
99.Ic kern.userasymcrypto
100and
101.Ic kern.cryptodevallowsoft .
102.Pp
103The
104.Nm
105device provides two distinct modes of operation: one mode for
106symmetric-keyed cryptographic requests, and a second mode for
107both asymmetric-key (public-key/private-key) requests, and for
108modular arithmetic (for Diffie-Hellman key exchange and other
109cryptographic protocols).
110The two modes are described separately below.
111.Sh THEORY OF OPERATION
112Regardless of whether symmetric-key or asymmetric-key operations are
113to be performed, use of the device requires a basic series of steps:
114.Bl -enum
115.It
116Open a file descriptor for the device.
117See
118.Xr open 2 .
119.It
120If any symmetric operation will be performed,
121create one session, with
122.Dv CIOCGSESSION .
123Most applications will require at least one symmetric session.
124Since cipher and MAC keys are tied to sessions, many
125applications will require more.
126Asymmetric operations do not use sessions.
127.It
128Submit requests, synchronously with
129.Dv CIOCCRYPT
130(symmetric),
131.Dv CIOCCRYPTAEAD
132(symmetric),
133or
134.Dv CIOCKEY
135(asymmetric).
136.It
137Destroy one session with
138.Dv CIOCFSESSION .
139.It
140Close the device with
141.Xr close 2 .
142.El
143.Sh SYMMETRIC-KEY OPERATION
144The symmetric-key operation mode provides a context-based API
145to traditional symmetric-key encryption (or privacy) algorithms,
146or to keyed and unkeyed one-way hash (HMAC and MAC) algorithms.
147The symmetric-key mode also permits fused operation,
148where the hardware performs both a privacy algorithm and an integrity-check
149algorithm in a single pass over the data: either a fused
150encrypt/HMAC-generate operation, or a fused HMAC-verify/decrypt operation.
151.Pp
152To use symmetric mode, you must first create a session specifying
153the algorithm(s) and key(s) to use; then issue encrypt or decrypt
154requests against the session.
155.Ss Algorithms
156For a list of supported algorithms, see
157.Xr crypto 7
158and
159.Xr crypto 9 .
160.Ss IOCTL Request Descriptions
161.\"
162.Bl -tag -width CIOCGSESSION
163.\"
164.It Dv CRIOGET Fa int *fd
165Clone the fd argument to
166.Xr ioctl 2 ,
167yielding a new file descriptor for the creation of sessions.
168.\"
169.It Dv CIOCFINDDEV Fa struct crypt_find_op *fop
170.Bd -literal
171struct crypt_find_op {
172    int     crid;       /* driver id + flags */
173    char    name[32];   /* device/driver name */
174};
175
176.Ed
177If
178.Fa crid
179is -1, then find the driver named
180.Fa name
181and return the id in
182.Fa crid .
183If
184.Fa crid
185is not -1, return the name of the driver with
186.Fa crid
187in
188.Fa name .
189In either case, if the driver is not found,
190.Dv ENOENT
191is returned.
192.It Dv CIOCGSESSION Fa struct session_op *sessp
193.Bd -literal
194struct session_op {
195    u_int32_t cipher;	/* e.g. CRYPTO_DES_CBC */
196    u_int32_t mac;	/* e.g. CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC */
197
198    u_int32_t keylen;	/* cipher key */
199    void * key;
200    int mackeylen;	/* mac key */
201    void * mackey;
202
203    u_int32_t ses;	/* returns: ses # */
204};
205
206.Ed
207Create a new cryptographic session on a file descriptor for the device;
208that is, a persistent object specific to the chosen
209privacy algorithm, integrity algorithm, and keys specified in
210.Fa sessp .
211The special value 0 for either privacy or integrity
212is reserved to indicate that the indicated operation (privacy or integrity)
213is not desired for this session.
214.Pp
215Multiple sessions may be bound to a single file descriptor.
216The session ID returned in
217.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]ses
218is supplied as a required field in the symmetric-operation structure
219.Fa crypt_op
220for future encryption or hashing requests.
221.\" .Pp
222.\" This implementation will never return a session ID of 0 for a successful
223.\" creation of a session, which is a
224.\" .Nx
225.\" extension.
226.Pp
227For non-zero symmetric-key privacy algorithms, the privacy algorithm
228must be specified in
229.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]cipher ,
230the key length in
231.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]keylen ,
232and the key value in the octets addressed by
233.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]key .
234.Pp
235For keyed one-way hash algorithms, the one-way hash must be specified
236in
237.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]mac ,
238the key length in
239.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]mackey ,
240and the key value in the octets addressed by
241.Fa sessp-\*[Gt]mackeylen .
242.\"
243.Pp
244Support for a specific combination of fused privacy  and
245integrity-check algorithms depends on whether the underlying
246hardware supports that combination.
247Not all combinations are supported
248by all hardware, even if the hardware supports each operation as a
249stand-alone non-fused operation.
250.It Dv CIOCCRYPT Fa struct crypt_op *cr_op
251.Bd -literal
252struct crypt_op {
253    u_int32_t ses;
254    u_int16_t op;	/* e.g. COP_ENCRYPT */
255    u_int16_t flags;
256    u_int len;
257    caddr_t src, dst;
258    caddr_t mac;		/* must be large enough for result */
259    caddr_t iv;
260};
261
262.Ed
263Request a symmetric-key (or hash) operation.
264The file descriptor argument to
265.Xr ioctl 2
266must have been bound to a valid session.
267To encrypt, set
268.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]op
269to
270.Dv COP_ENCRYPT .
271To decrypt, set
272.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]op
273to
274.Dv COP_DECRYPT .
275The field
276.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]len
277supplies the length of the input buffer; the fields
278.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]src ,
279.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]dst ,
280.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]mac ,
281.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]iv
282supply the addresses of the input buffer, output buffer,
283one-way hash, and initialization vector, respectively.
284If a session is using both a privacy algorithm and a hash algorithm,
285the request will generate a hash of the input buffer before
286generating the output buffer by default.
287If the
288.Dv COP_F_CIPHER_FIRST
289flag is included in the
290.Fa cr_op-\*[Gt]flags
291field,
292then the request will generate a hash of the output buffer after
293executing the privacy algorithm.
294.It Dv CIOCCRYPTAEAD Fa struct crypt_aead *cr_aead
295.Bd -literal
296struct crypt_aead {
297    u_int32_t ses;
298    u_int16_t op;	/* e.g. COP_ENCRYPT */
299    u_int16_t flags;
300    u_int len;
301    u_int aadlen;
302    u_int ivlen;
303    caddr_t src, dst;
304    caddr_t aad;
305    caddr_t tag;		/* must be large enough for result */
306    caddr_t iv;
307};
308
309.Ed
310The
311.Dv CIOCCRYPTAEAD
312is similar to the
313.Dv CIOCCRYPT
314but provides additional data in
315.Fa cr_aead-\*[Gt]aad
316to include in the authentication mode.
317.It Dv CIOCFSESSION Fa u_int32_t ses_id
318Destroys the /dev/crypto session associated with the file-descriptor
319argument.
320.It Dv CIOCNFSESSION Fa struct crypt_sfop *sfop ;
321.Bd -literal
322struct crypt_sfop {
323    size_t count;
324    u_int32_t *sesid;
325};
326
327.Ed
328Destroys the
329.Fa sfop-\*[Gt]count
330sessions specified by the
331.Fa sfop
332array of session identifiers.
333.El
334.\"
335.Sh ASYMMETRIC-KEY OPERATION
336.Ss Asymmetric-key algorithms
337Contingent upon hardware support, the following asymmetric
338(public-key/private-key; or key-exchange subroutine) operations may
339also be available:
340.Pp
341.Bl -column "CRK_DH_COMPUTE_KEY" "Input parameter" "Output parameter" -offset indent -compact
342.It Em "Algorithm" Ta "Input parameter" Ta "Output parameter"
343.It Em " " Ta "Count" Ta "Count"
344.It Dv CRK_MOD_EXP Ta 3 Ta 1
345.It Dv CRK_MOD_EXP_CRT Ta 6 Ta 1
346.It Dv CRK_DSA_SIGN Ta 5 Ta 2
347.It Dv CRK_DSA_VERIFY Ta 7 Ta 0
348.It Dv CRK_DH_COMPUTE_KEY Ta 3 Ta 1
349.El
350.Pp
351See below for discussion of the input and output parameter counts.
352.Ss Asymmetric-key commands
353.Bl -tag -width CIOCKEY
354.It Dv CIOCASYMFEAT Fa int *feature_mask
355Returns a bitmask of supported asymmetric-key operations.
356Each of the above-listed asymmetric operations is present
357if and only if the bit position numbered by the code for that operation
358is set.
359For example,
360.Dv CRK_MOD_EXP
361is available if and only if the bit
362.Pq 1 \*[Lt]\*[Lt] Dv CRK_MOD_EXP
363is set.
364.It Dv CIOCKEY Fa struct crypt_kop *kop
365.Bd -literal
366struct crypt_kop {
367    u_int crk_op;		/* e.g. CRK_MOD_EXP */
368    u_int crk_status;		/* return status */
369    u_short crk_iparams;	/* # of input params */
370    u_short crk_oparams;	/* # of output params */
371    u_int crk_pad1;
372    struct crparam crk_param[CRK_MAXPARAM];
373};
374
375/* Bignum parameter, in packed bytes. */
376struct crparam {
377    void * crp_p;
378    u_int crp_nbits;
379};
380
381.Ed
382Performs an asymmetric-key operation from the list above.
383The specific operation is supplied in
384.Fa kop-\*[Gt]crk_op ;
385final status for the operation is returned in
386.Fa kop-\*[Gt]crk_status .
387The number of input arguments and the number of output arguments
388is specified in
389.Fa kop-\*[Gt]crk_iparams
390and
391.Fa kop-\*[Gt]crk_iparams ,
392respectively.
393The field
394.Fa crk_param[]
395must be filled in with exactly
396.Fa kop-\*[Gt]crk_iparams + kop-\*[Gt]crk_oparams
397arguments, each encoded as a
398.Fa struct crparam
399(address, bitlength) pair.
400.Pp
401The semantics of these arguments are currently undocumented.
402.El
403.Sh SEE ALSO
404.Xr aesni 4 ,
405.Xr hifn 4 ,
406.Xr ipsec 4 ,
407.Xr padlock 4 ,
408.Xr safe 4 ,
409.Xr ubsec 4 ,
410.Xr crypto 7 ,
411.Xr geli 8 ,
412.Xr crypto 9
413.Sh HISTORY
414The
415.Nm
416driver first appeared in
417.Ox 3.0 .
418The
419.Nm
420driver was imported to
421.Fx 5.0 .
422.Sh BUGS
423Error checking and reporting is weak.
424.Pp
425The values specified for symmetric-key key sizes to
426.Dv CIOCGSESSION
427must exactly match the values expected by
428.Xr opencrypto 9 .
429The output buffer and MAC buffers supplied to
430.Dv CIOCCRYPT
431must follow whether privacy or integrity algorithms were specified for
432session: if you request a
433.No non- Ns Dv NULL
434algorithm, you must supply a suitably-sized buffer.
435.Pp
436The scheme for passing arguments for asymmetric requests is baroque.
437.Pp
438The naming inconsistency between
439.Dv CRIOGET
440and the various
441.Dv CIOC Ns \&*
442names is an unfortunate historical artifact.
443