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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst68
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst12
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
index 8a0700af9596..471a511c7508 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
@@ -256,13 +256,8 @@ alternative master keys or to support rotating master keys. Instead,
the master keys may be wrapped in userspace, e.g. as is done by the
`fscrypt <https://github.com/google/fscrypt>`_ tool.
-Including the inode number in the IVs was considered. However, it was
-rejected as it would have prevented ext4 filesystems from being
-resized, and by itself still wouldn't have been sufficient to prevent
-the same key from being directly reused for both XTS and CTS-CBC.
-
-DIRECT_KEY and per-mode keys
-----------------------------
+DIRECT_KEY policies
+-------------------
The Adiantum encryption mode (see `Encryption modes and usage`_) is
suitable for both contents and filenames encryption, and it accepts
@@ -285,6 +280,21 @@ IV. Moreover:
key derived using the KDF. Users may use the same master key for
other v2 encryption policies.
+IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies
+-----------------------
+
+When FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_64 is set in the fscrypt policy,
+the encryption keys are derived from the master key, encryption mode
+number, and filesystem UUID. This normally results in all files
+protected by the same master key sharing a single contents encryption
+key and a single filenames encryption key. To still encrypt different
+files' data differently, inode numbers are included in the IVs.
+Consequently, shrinking the filesystem may not be allowed.
+
+This format is optimized for use with inline encryption hardware
+compliant with the UFS or eMMC standards, which support only 64 IV
+bits per I/O request and may have only a small number of keyslots.
+
Key identifiers
---------------
@@ -308,8 +318,9 @@ If unsure, you should use the (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-CTS-CBC) pair.
AES-128-CBC was added only for low-powered embedded devices with
crypto accelerators such as CAAM or CESA that do not support XTS. To
-use AES-128-CBC, CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256 (or another SHA-256
-implementation) must be enabled so that ESSIV can be used.
+use AES-128-CBC, CONFIG_CRYPTO_ESSIV and CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256 (or
+another SHA-256 implementation) must be enabled so that ESSIV can be
+used.
Adiantum is a (primarily) stream cipher-based mode that is fast even
on CPUs without dedicated crypto instructions. It's also a true
@@ -341,10 +352,16 @@ a little endian number, except that:
is encrypted with AES-256 where the AES-256 key is the SHA-256 hash
of the file's data encryption key.
-- In the "direct key" configuration (FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY
- set in the fscrypt_policy), the file's nonce is also appended to the
- IV. Currently this is only allowed with the Adiantum encryption
- mode.
+- With `DIRECT_KEY policies`_, the file's nonce is appended to the IV.
+ Currently this is only allowed with the Adiantum encryption mode.
+
+- With `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_, the logical block number is limited
+ to 32 bits and is placed in bits 0-31 of the IV. The inode number
+ (which is also limited to 32 bits) is placed in bits 32-63.
+
+Note that because file logical block numbers are included in the IVs,
+filesystems must enforce that blocks are never shifted around within
+encrypted files, e.g. via "collapse range" or "insert range".
Filenames encryption
--------------------
@@ -354,10 +371,10 @@ the requirements to retain support for efficient directory lookups and
filenames of up to 255 bytes, the same IV is used for every filename
in a directory.
-However, each encrypted directory still uses a unique key; or
-alternatively (for the "direct key" configuration) has the file's
-nonce included in the IVs. Thus, IV reuse is limited to within a
-single directory.
+However, each encrypted directory still uses a unique key, or
+alternatively has the file's nonce (for `DIRECT_KEY policies`_) or
+inode number (for `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_) included in the IVs.
+Thus, IV reuse is limited to within a single directory.
With CTS-CBC, the IV reuse means that when the plaintext filenames
share a common prefix at least as long as the cipher block size (16
@@ -431,12 +448,15 @@ This structure must be initialized as follows:
(1) for ``contents_encryption_mode`` and FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_CTS
(4) for ``filenames_encryption_mode``.
-- ``flags`` must contain a value from ``<linux/fscrypt.h>`` which
- identifies the amount of NUL-padding to use when encrypting
- filenames. If unsure, use FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_PAD_32 (0x3).
- Additionally, if the encryption modes are both
- FSCRYPT_MODE_ADIANTUM, this can contain
- FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY; see `DIRECT_KEY and per-mode keys`_.
+- ``flags`` contains optional flags from ``<linux/fscrypt.h>``:
+
+ - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_PAD_*: The amount of NUL padding to use when
+ encrypting filenames. If unsure, use FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_PAD_32
+ (0x3).
+ - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY: See `DIRECT_KEY policies`_.
+ - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_64: See `IV_INO_LBLK_64
+ policies`_. This is mutually exclusive with DIRECT_KEY and is not
+ supported on v1 policies.
- For v2 encryption policies, ``__reserved`` must be zeroed.
@@ -1089,7 +1109,7 @@ policy structs (see `Setting an encryption policy`_), except that the
context structs also contain a nonce. The nonce is randomly generated
by the kernel and is used as KDF input or as a tweak to cause
different files to be encrypted differently; see `Per-file keys`_ and
-`DIRECT_KEY and per-mode keys`_.
+`DIRECT_KEY policies`_.
Data path changes
-----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
index 42a0b6dd9e0b..a95536b6443c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ To do so, check for FS_VERITY_FL (0x00100000) in the returned flags.
The verity flag is not settable via FS_IOC_SETFLAGS. You must use
FS_IOC_ENABLE_VERITY instead, since parameters must be provided.
+statx
+-----
+
+Since Linux v5.5, the statx() system call sets STATX_ATTR_VERITY if
+the file has fs-verity enabled. This can perform better than
+FS_IOC_GETFLAGS and FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY because it doesn't require
+opening the file, and opening verity files can be expensive.
+
Accessing verity files
======================
@@ -398,7 +406,7 @@ pages have been read into the pagecache. (See `Verifying data`_.)
ext4
----
-ext4 supports fs-verity since Linux TODO and e2fsprogs v1.45.2.
+ext4 supports fs-verity since Linux v5.4 and e2fsprogs v1.45.2.
To create verity files on an ext4 filesystem, the filesystem must have
been formatted with ``-O verity`` or had ``tune2fs -O verity`` run on
@@ -434,7 +442,7 @@ also only supports extent-based files.
f2fs
----
-f2fs supports fs-verity since Linux TODO and f2fs-tools v1.11.0.
+f2fs supports fs-verity since Linux v5.4 and f2fs-tools v1.11.0.
To create verity files on an f2fs filesystem, the filesystem must have
been formatted with ``-O verity``.