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20.Dd December 12, 2014
21.Dt CRYPTO 9
22.Os
23.Sh NAME
24.Nm crypto
25.Nd API for cryptographic services in the kernel
26.Sh SYNOPSIS
27.In opencrypto/cryptodev.h
28.Ft int32_t
29.Fn crypto_get_driverid uint8_t
30.Ft int
31.Fn crypto_register uint32_t int uint16_t uint32_t "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, uint32_t *, struct cryptoini *\*[rp]" "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, uint64_t\*[rp]" "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, struct cryptop *\*[rp]" "void *"
32.Ft int
33.Fn crypto_kregister uint32_t int uint32_t "int \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void *, struct cryptkop *\*[rp]" "void *"
34.Ft int
35.Fn crypto_unregister uint32_t int
36.Ft int
37.Fn crypto_unregister_all uint32_t
38.Ft void
39.Fn crypto_done "struct cryptop *"
40.Ft void
41.Fn crypto_kdone "struct cryptkop *"
42.Ft int
43.Fn crypto_newsession "uint64_t *" "struct cryptoini *" int
44.Ft int
45.Fn crypto_freesession uint64_t
46.Ft int
47.Fn crypto_dispatch "struct cryptop *"
48.Ft int
49.Fn crypto_kdispatch "struct cryptkop *"
50.Ft int
51.Fn crypto_unblock uint32_t int
52.Ft "struct cryptop *"
53.Fn crypto_getreq int
54.Ft void
55.Fn crypto_freereq void
56.Bd -literal
57#define	CRYPTO_SYMQ	0x1
58#define	CRYPTO_ASYMQ	0x2
59
60#define EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN      16
61
62struct cryptoini {
63	int                cri_alg;
64	int                cri_klen;
65	int                cri_mlen;
66	caddr_t            cri_key;
67	uint8_t            cri_iv[EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN];
68	struct cryptoini  *cri_next;
69};
70
71struct cryptodesc {
72	int                crd_skip;
73	int                crd_len;
74	int                crd_inject;
75	int                crd_flags;
76	struct cryptoini   CRD_INI;
77#define crd_iv          CRD_INI.cri_iv
78#define crd_key         CRD_INI.cri_key
79#define crd_alg         CRD_INI.cri_alg
80#define crd_klen        CRD_INI.cri_klen
81	struct cryptodesc *crd_next;
82};
83
84struct cryptop {
85	TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptop) crp_next;
86	uint64_t           crp_sid;
87	int                crp_ilen;
88	int                crp_olen;
89	int                crp_etype;
90	int                crp_flags;
91	caddr_t            crp_buf;
92	caddr_t            crp_opaque;
93	struct cryptodesc *crp_desc;
94	int              (*crp_callback) (struct cryptop *);
95	caddr_t            crp_mac;
96};
97
98struct crparam {
99        caddr_t         crp_p;
100        u_int           crp_nbits;
101};
102
103#define CRK_MAXPARAM    8
104
105struct cryptkop {
106        TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptkop) krp_next;
107        u_int              krp_op;         /* ie. CRK_MOD_EXP or other */
108        u_int              krp_status;     /* return status */
109        u_short            krp_iparams;    /* # of input parameters */
110        u_short            krp_oparams;    /* # of output parameters */
111        uint32_t           krp_hid;
112        struct crparam     krp_param[CRK_MAXPARAM];
113        int               (*krp_callback)(struct cryptkop *);
114};
115.Ed
116.Sh DESCRIPTION
117.Nm
118is a framework for drivers of cryptographic hardware to register with
119the kernel so
120.Dq consumers
121(other kernel subsystems, and
122users through the
123.Pa /dev/crypto
124device) are able to make use of it.
125Drivers register with the framework the algorithms they support,
126and provide entry points (functions) the framework may call to
127establish, use, and tear down sessions.
128Sessions are used to cache cryptographic information in a particular driver
129(or associated hardware), so initialization is not needed with every request.
130Consumers of cryptographic services pass a set of
131descriptors that instruct the framework (and the drivers registered
132with it) of the operations that should be applied on the data (more
133than one cryptographic operation can be requested).
134.Pp
135Keying operations are supported as well.
136Unlike the symmetric operators described above,
137these sessionless commands perform mathematical operations using
138input and output parameters.
139.Pp
140Since the consumers may not be associated with a process, drivers may
141not
142.Xr sleep 9 .
143The same holds for the framework.
144Thus, a callback mechanism is used
145to notify a consumer that a request has been completed (the
146callback is specified by the consumer on a per-request basis).
147The callback is invoked by the framework whether the request was
148successfully completed or not.
149An error indication is provided in the latter case.
150A specific error code,
151.Er EAGAIN ,
152is used to indicate that a session number has changed and that the
153request may be re-submitted immediately with the new session number.
154Errors are only returned to the invoking function if not
155enough information to call the callback is available (meaning, there
156was a fatal error in verifying the arguments).
157For session initialization and teardown there is no callback mechanism used.
158.Pp
159The
160.Fn crypto_newsession
161routine is called by consumers of cryptographic services (such as the
162.Xr ipsec 4
163stack) that wish to establish a new session with the framework.
164On success, the first argument will contain the Session Identifier (SID).
165The second argument contains all the necessary information for
166the driver to establish the session.
167The third argument indicates whether a
168hardware driver (1) should be used or not (0).
169The various fields in the
170.Vt cryptoini
171structure are:
172.Bl -tag -width ".Va cri_next"
173.It Va cri_alg
174Contains an algorithm identifier.
175Currently supported algorithms are:
176.Pp
177.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC" -compact
178.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_128_NIST_GMAC
179.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_192_NIST_GMAC
180.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_256_NIST_GMAC
181.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_CBC
182.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_ICM
183.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_NIST_GCM_16
184.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_NIST_GMAC
185.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_XTS
186.It Dv CRYPTO_ARC4
187.It Dv CRYPTO_BLF_CBC
188.It Dv CRYPTO_CAMELLIA_CBC
189.It Dv CRYPTO_CAST_CBC
190.It Dv CRYPTO_DEFLATE_COMP
191.It Dv CRYPTO_DES_CBC
192.It Dv CRYPTO_3DES_CBC
193.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5
194.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
195.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
196.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_HMAC
197.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_CBC
198.It Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
199.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1
200.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
201.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
202.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_256_HMAC
203.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_384_HMAC
204.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_512_HMAC
205.It Dv CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
206.El
207.It Va cri_klen
208Specifies the length of the key in bits, for variable-size key
209algorithms.
210.It Va cri_mlen
211Specifies how many bytes from the calculated hash should be copied back.
2120 means entire hash.
213.It Va cri_key
214Contains the key to be used with the algorithm.
215.It Va cri_iv
216Contains an explicit initialization vector (IV), if it does not prefix
217the data.
218This field is ignored during initialization
219.Pq Nm crypto_newsession .
220If no IV is explicitly passed (see below on details), a random IV is used
221by the device driver processing the request.
222.It Va cri_next
223Contains a pointer to another
224.Vt cryptoini
225structure.
226Multiple such structures may be linked to establish multi-algorithm sessions
227.Xr ( ipsec 4
228is an example consumer of such a feature).
229.El
230.Pp
231The
232.Vt cryptoini
233structure and its contents will not be modified by the framework (or
234the drivers used).
235Subsequent requests for processing that use the
236SID returned will avoid the cost of re-initializing the hardware (in
237essence, SID acts as an index in the session cache of the driver).
238.Pp
239.Fn crypto_freesession
240is called with the SID returned by
241.Fn crypto_newsession
242to disestablish the session.
243.Pp
244.Fn crypto_dispatch
245is called to process a request.
246The various fields in the
247.Vt cryptop
248structure are:
249.Bl -tag -width ".Va crp_callback"
250.It Va crp_sid
251Contains the SID.
252.It Va crp_ilen
253Indicates the total length in bytes of the buffer to be processed.
254.It Va crp_olen
255On return, contains the total length of the result.
256For symmetric crypto operations, this will be the same as the input length.
257This will be used if the framework needs to allocate a new
258buffer for the result (or for re-formatting the input).
259.It Va crp_callback
260This routine is invoked upon completion of the request, whether
261successful or not.
262It is invoked through the
263.Fn crypto_done
264routine.
265If the request was not successful, an error code is set in the
266.Va crp_etype
267field.
268It is the responsibility of the callback routine to set the appropriate
269.Xr spl 9
270level.
271.It Va crp_etype
272Contains the error type, if any errors were encountered, or zero if
273the request was successfully processed.
274If the
275.Er EAGAIN
276error code is returned, the SID has changed (and has been recorded in the
277.Va crp_sid
278field).
279The consumer should record the new SID and use it in all subsequent requests.
280In this case, the request may be re-submitted immediately.
281This mechanism is used by the framework to perform
282session migration (move a session from one driver to another, because
283of availability, performance, or other considerations).
284.Pp
285Note that this field only makes sense when examined by
286the callback routine specified in
287.Va crp_callback .
288Errors are returned to the invoker of
289.Fn crypto_process
290only when enough information is not present to call the callback
291routine (i.e., if the pointer passed is
292.Dv NULL
293or if no callback routine was specified).
294.It Va crp_flags
295Is a bitmask of flags associated with this request.
296Currently defined flags are:
297.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIFSYNC"
298.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
299The buffer pointed to by
300.Va crp_buf
301is an mbuf chain.
302.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IOV
303The buffer pointed to by
304.Va crp_buf
305is an
306.Vt uio
307structure.
308.It Dv CRYPTO_F_BATCH
309Batch operation if possible.
310.It Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIMM
311Do callback immediately instead of doing it from a dedicated kernel thread.
312.It Dv CRYPTO_F_DONE
313Operation completed.
314.It Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIFSYNC
315Do callback immediately if operation is synchronous.
316.El
317.It Va crp_buf
318Points to the input buffer.
319On return (when the callback is invoked),
320it contains the result of the request.
321The input buffer may be an mbuf
322chain or a contiguous buffer,
323depending on
324.Va crp_flags .
325.It Va crp_opaque
326This is passed through the crypto framework untouched and is
327intended for the invoking application's use.
328.It Va crp_desc
329This is a linked list of descriptors.
330Each descriptor provides
331information about what type of cryptographic operation should be done
332on the input buffer.
333The various fields are:
334.Bl -tag -width ".Va crd_inject"
335.It Va crd_iv
336The field where IV should be provided when the
337.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
338flag is given.
339.It Va crd_key
340When the
341.Dv CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT
342flag is given, the
343.Va crd_key
344points to a buffer with encryption or authentication key.
345.It Va crd_alg
346An algorithm to use.
347Must be the same as the one given at newsession time.
348.It Va crd_klen
349The
350.Va crd_key
351key length.
352.It Va crd_skip
353The offset in the input buffer where processing should start.
354.It Va crd_len
355How many bytes, after
356.Va crd_skip ,
357should be processed.
358.It Va crd_inject
359Offset from the beginning of the buffer to insert any results.
360For encryption algorithms, this is where the initialization vector
361(IV) will be inserted when encrypting or where it can be found when
362decrypting (subject to
363.Va crd_flags ) .
364For MAC algorithms, this is where the result of the keyed hash will be
365inserted.
366.It Va crd_flags
367The following flags are defined:
368.Bl -tag -width 3n
369.It Dv CRD_F_ENCRYPT
370For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when encryption is required
371(when not set, decryption is performed).
372.It Dv CRD_F_IV_PRESENT
373For encryption, this bit is set when the IV already
374precedes the data, so the
375.Va crd_inject
376value will be ignored and no IV will be written in the buffer.
377Otherwise, the IV used to encrypt the packet will be written
378at the location pointed to by
379.Va crd_inject .
380The IV length is assumed to be equal to the blocksize of the
381encryption algorithm.
382Applications that do special
383.Dq "IV cooking" ,
384such as the half-IV mode in
385.Xr ipsec 4 ,
386can use this flag to indicate that the IV should not be written on the packet.
387This flag is typically used in conjunction with the
388.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
389flag.
390.It Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
391For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV is explicitly
392provided by the consumer in the
393.Va crd_iv
394field.
395Otherwise, for encryption operations the IV is provided for by
396the driver used to perform the operation, whereas for decryption
397operations it is pointed to by the
398.Va crd_inject
399field.
400This flag is typically used when the IV is calculated
401.Dq "on the fly"
402by the consumer, and does not precede the data (some
403.Xr ipsec 4
404configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
405.It Dv CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT
406For encryption and authentication (MAC) algorithms, this bit is set when the key
407is explicitly provided by the consumer in the
408.Va crd_key
409field for the given operation.
410Otherwise, the key is taken at newsession time from the
411.Va cri_key
412field.
413As calculating the key schedule may take a while, it is recommended that often
414used keys are given their own session.
415.It Dv CRD_F_COMP
416For compression algorithms, this bit is set when compression is required (when
417not set, decompression is performed).
418.El
419.It Va CRD_INI
420This
421.Vt cryptoini
422structure will not be modified by the framework or the device drivers.
423Since this information accompanies every cryptographic
424operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
425(typically an expensive operation).
426Furthermore, the cryptographic
427framework may re-route requests as a result of full queues or hardware
428failure, as described above.
429.It Va crd_next
430Point to the next descriptor.
431Linked operations are useful in protocols such as
432.Xr ipsec 4 ,
433where multiple cryptographic transforms may be applied on the same
434block of data.
435.El
436.El
437.Pp
438.Fn crypto_getreq
439allocates a
440.Vt cryptop
441structure with a linked list of as many
442.Vt cryptodesc
443structures as were specified in the argument passed to it.
444.Pp
445.Fn crypto_freereq
446deallocates a structure
447.Vt cryptop
448and any
449.Vt cryptodesc
450structures linked to it.
451Note that it is the responsibility of the
452callback routine to do the necessary cleanups associated with the
453opaque field in the
454.Vt cryptop
455structure.
456.Pp
457.Fn crypto_kdispatch
458is called to perform a keying operation.
459The various fields in the
460.Vt cryptkop
461structure are:
462.Bl -tag -width ".Va krp_callback"
463.It Va krp_op
464Operation code, such as
465.Dv CRK_MOD_EXP .
466.It Va krp_status
467Return code.
468This
469.Va errno Ns -style
470variable indicates whether lower level reasons
471for operation failure.
472.It Va krp_iparams
473Number if input parameters to the specified operation.
474Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
475.It Va krp_oparams
476Number if output parameters from the specified operation.
477Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
478.It Va krp_kvp
479An array of kernel memory blocks containing the parameters.
480.It Va krp_hid
481Identifier specifying which low-level driver is being used.
482.It Va krp_callback
483Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
484.El
485.Sh DRIVER-SIDE API
486The
487.Fn crypto_get_driverid ,
488.Fn crypto_register ,
489.Fn crypto_kregister ,
490.Fn crypto_unregister ,
491.Fn crypto_unblock ,
492and
493.Fn crypto_done
494routines are used by drivers that provide support for cryptographic
495primitives to register and unregister with the kernel crypto services
496framework.
497Drivers must first use the
498.Fn crypto_get_driverid
499function to acquire a driver identifier, specifying the
500.Fa cc_flags
501as an argument (normally 0, but software-only drivers should specify
502.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE ) .
503For each algorithm the driver supports, it must then call
504.Fn crypto_register .
505The first two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers.
506The next two arguments specify the largest possible operator length (in bits,
507important for public key operations) and flags for this algorithm.
508The last four arguments must be provided in the first call to
509.Fn crypto_register
510and are ignored in all subsequent calls.
511They are pointers to three
512driver-provided functions that the framework may call to establish new
513cryptographic context with the driver, free already established
514context, and ask for a request to be processed (encrypt, decrypt,
515etc.); and an opaque parameter to pass when calling each of these routines.
516.Fn crypto_unregister
517is called by drivers that wish to withdraw support for an algorithm.
518The two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers, respectively.
519Typically, drivers for
520PCMCIA
521crypto cards that are being ejected will invoke this routine for all
522algorithms supported by the card.
523.Fn crypto_unregister_all
524will unregister all algorithms registered by a driver
525and the driver will be disabled (no new sessions will be allocated on
526that driver, and any existing sessions will be migrated to other
527drivers).
528The same will be done if all algorithms associated with a driver are
529unregistered one by one.
530.Pp
531The calling convention for the three driver-supplied routines is:
532.Pp
533.Bl -item -compact
534.It
535.Ft int
536.Fn \*[lp]*newsession\*[rp] "void *" "uint32_t *" "struct cryptoini *" ;
537.It
538.Ft int
539.Fn \*[lp]*freesession\*[rp] "void *" "uint64_t" ;
540.It
541.Ft int
542.Fn \*[lp]*process\*[rp] "void *" "struct cryptop *" ;
543.It
544.Ft int
545.Fn \*[lp]*kprocess\*[rp] "void *" "struct cryptkop *" ;
546.El
547.Pp
548On invocation, the first argument to
549all routines is an opaque data value supplied when the algorithm
550is registered with
551.Fn crypto_register .
552The second argument to
553.Fn newsession
554contains the driver identifier obtained via
555.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
556On successful return, it should contain a driver-specific session
557identifier.
558The third argument is identical to that of
559.Fn crypto_newsession .
560.Pp
561The
562.Fn freesession
563routine takes as arguments the opaque data value and the SID
564(which is the concatenation of the
565driver identifier and the driver-specific session identifier).
566It should clear any context associated with the session (clear hardware
567registers, memory, etc.).
568.Pp
569The
570.Fn process
571routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto processing.
572This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
573immediately.
574Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
575In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
576.Va crp_etype
577field of the
578.Vt cryptop
579structure.
580When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
581.Fn process
582routine should invoke
583.Fn crypto_done .
584Session migration may be performed, as mentioned previously.
585.Pp
586In case of a temporary resource exhaustion, the
587.Fn process
588routine may return
589.Er ERESTART
590in which case the crypto services will requeue the request, mark the driver
591as
592.Dq blocked ,
593and stop submitting requests for processing.
594The driver is then responsible for notifying the crypto services
595when it is again able to process requests through the
596.Fn crypto_unblock
597routine.
598This simple flow control mechanism should only be used for short-lived
599resource exhaustion as it causes operations to be queued in the crypto
600layer.
601Doing so is preferable to returning an error in such cases as
602it can cause network protocols to degrade performance by treating the
603failure much like a lost packet.
604.Pp
605The
606.Fn kprocess
607routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto key processing.
608This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
609immediately.
610Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
611In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
612.Va krp_status
613field of the
614.Vt cryptkop
615structure.
616When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
617.Fn kprocess
618routine should invoked
619.Fn crypto_kdone .
620.Sh RETURN VALUES
621.Fn crypto_register ,
622.Fn crypto_kregister ,
623.Fn crypto_unregister ,
624.Fn crypto_newsession ,
625.Fn crypto_freesession ,
626and
627.Fn crypto_unblock
628return 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
629.Fn crypto_get_driverid
630returns a non-negative value on error, and \-1 on failure.
631.Fn crypto_getreq
632returns a pointer to a
633.Vt cryptop
634structure and
635.Dv NULL
636on failure.
637.Fn crypto_dispatch
638returns
639.Er EINVAL
640if its argument or the callback function was
641.Dv NULL ,
642and 0 otherwise.
643The callback is provided with an error code in case of failure, in the
644.Va crp_etype
645field.
646.Sh FILES
647.Bl -tag -width ".Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c"
648.It Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
649most of the framework code
650.El
651.Sh SEE ALSO
652.Xr crypto 4 ,
653.Xr ipsec 4 ,
654.Xr crypto 7 ,
655.Xr malloc 9 ,
656.Xr sleep 9
657.Sh HISTORY
658The cryptographic framework first appeared in
659.Ox 2.7
660and was written by
661.An Angelos D. Keromytis Aq Mt angelos@openbsd.org .
662.Sh BUGS
663The framework currently assumes that all the algorithms in a
664.Fn crypto_newsession
665operation must be available by the same driver.
666If that is not the case, session initialization will fail.
667.Pp
668The framework also needs a mechanism for determining which driver is
669best for a specific set of algorithms associated with a session.
670Some type of benchmarking is in order here.
671.Pp
672Multiple instances of the same algorithm in the same session are not
673supported.
674Note that 3DES is considered one algorithm (and not three
675instances of DES).
676Thus, 3DES and DES could be mixed in the same request.
677