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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-01-22 14:31:00 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-01-22 14:31:00 -0800
commitfe75a21824e78405b8d812421974524092250c63 (patch)
tree78e6f9a233f917bcc92051054921382daf68c9d0 /Documentation
parentfaba877b3bccb5af79f0cd8c6af93392030e6e41 (diff)
parent809b1e4945774c9ec5619a8f4e2189b7b3833c0c (diff)
Merge tag 'for-5.11/dm-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm
Pull device mapper fixes from Mike Snitzer: - Fix DM integrity crash if "recalculate" used without "internal_hash" - Fix DM integrity "recalculate" support to prevent recalculating checksums if we use internal_hash or journal_hash with a key (e.g. HMAC). Use of crypto as a means to prevent malicious corruption requires further changes and was never a design goal for dm-integrity's primary usecase of detecting accidental corruption. - Fix a benign dm-crypt copy-and-paste bug introduced as part of a fix that was merged for 5.11-rc4. - Fix DM core's dm_get_device() to avoid filesystem lookup to get block device (if possible). * tag 'for-5.11/dm-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: dm: avoid filesystem lookup in dm_get_dev_t() dm crypt: fix copy and paste bug in crypt_alloc_req_aead dm integrity: conditionally disable "recalculate" feature dm integrity: fix a crash if "recalculate" used without "internal_hash"
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst
index 4e6f504474ac..2cc5488acbd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.rst
@@ -177,14 +177,20 @@ bitmap_flush_interval:number
The bitmap flush interval in milliseconds. The metadata buffers
are synchronized when this interval expires.
+allow_discards
+ Allow block discard requests (a.k.a. TRIM) for the integrity device.
+ Discards are only allowed to devices using internal hash.
+
fix_padding
Use a smaller padding of the tag area that is more
space-efficient. If this option is not present, large padding is
used - that is for compatibility with older kernels.
-allow_discards
- Allow block discard requests (a.k.a. TRIM) for the integrity device.
- Discards are only allowed to devices using internal hash.
+legacy_recalculate
+ Allow recalculating of volumes with HMAC keys. This is disabled by
+ default for security reasons - an attacker could modify the volume,
+ set recalc_sector to zero, and the kernel would not detect the
+ modification.
The journal mode (D/J), buffer_sectors, journal_watermark, commit_time and
allow_discards can be changed when reloading the target (load an inactive