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20.Dd August 21, 2010
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 "device_t dev" "int flags"
30.Ft int
31.Fn crypto_find_driver "const char *match"
32.Ft device_t
33.Fn crypto_find_device_byhid "int hid"
34.Ft int
35.Fn crypto_getcaps "int hid"
36.Ft int
37.Fn crypto_register "u_int32_t driverid" "int alg" "u_int16_t maxoplen" "u_int32_t flags"
38.Ft int
39.Fn crypto_kregister "u_int32_t driverid" "int kalg" "u_int32_t flags"
40.Ft int
41.Fn crypto_unregister "u_int32_t driverid" "int alg"
42.Ft int
43.Fn crypto_unregister_all "u_int32_t driverid"
44.Ft void
45.Fn crypto_done "struct cryptop *crp"
46.Ft void
47.Fn crypto_kdone "struct cryptkop *krp"
48.Ft int
49.Fn crypto_newsession "u_int64_t *sid" "struct cryptoini *cri" "int crid"
50.Ft int
51.Fn crypto_freesession "u_int64_t sid"
52.Ft int
53.Fn crypto_dispatch "struct cryptop *crp"
54.Ft int
55.Fn crypto_kdispatch "struct cryptkop *krp"
56.Ft int
57.Fn crypto_unblock "u_int32_t driverid" "int what"
58.Ft "struct cryptop *"
59.Fn crypto_getreq "int num"
60.Ft void
61.Fn crypto_freereq "struct cryptop *crp"
62.Bd -literal
63#define	CRYPTO_SYMQ	0x1
64#define	CRYPTO_ASYMQ	0x2
65
66#define EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN      16
67
68struct cryptoini {
69	int                cri_alg;
70	int                cri_klen;
71	int                cri_mlen;
72	caddr_t            cri_key;
73	u_int8_t           cri_iv[EALG_MAX_BLOCK_LEN];
74	struct cryptoini  *cri_next;
75};
76
77struct cryptodesc {
78	int                crd_skip;
79	int                crd_len;
80	int                crd_inject;
81	int                crd_flags;
82	struct cryptoini   CRD_INI;
83#define crd_iv          CRD_INI.cri_iv
84#define crd_key         CRD_INI.cri_key
85#define crd_alg         CRD_INI.cri_alg
86#define crd_klen        CRD_INI.cri_klen
87	struct cryptodesc *crd_next;
88};
89
90struct cryptop {
91	TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptop) crp_next;
92	u_int64_t          crp_sid;
93	int                crp_ilen;
94	int                crp_olen;
95	int                crp_etype;
96	int                crp_flags;
97	caddr_t            crp_buf;
98	caddr_t            crp_opaque;
99	struct cryptodesc *crp_desc;
100	int              (*crp_callback) (struct cryptop *);
101	caddr_t            crp_mac;
102};
103
104struct crparam {
105        caddr_t         crp_p;
106        u_int           crp_nbits;
107};
108
109#define CRK_MAXPARAM    8
110
111struct cryptkop {
112        TAILQ_ENTRY(cryptkop) krp_next;
113        u_int              krp_op;         /* ie. CRK_MOD_EXP or other */
114        u_int              krp_status;     /* return status */
115        u_short            krp_iparams;    /* # of input parameters */
116        u_short            krp_oparams;    /* # of output parameters */
117	u_int32_t	   krp_hid;
118        struct crparam     krp_param[CRK_MAXPARAM];
119        int               (*krp_callback)(struct cryptkop *);
120};
121.Ed
122.Sh DESCRIPTION
123.Nm
124is a framework for drivers of cryptographic hardware to register with
125the kernel so
126.Dq consumers
127(other kernel subsystems, and
128users through the
129.Pa /dev/crypto
130device) are able to make use of it.
131Drivers register with the framework the algorithms they support,
132and provide entry points (functions) the framework may call to
133establish, use, and tear down sessions.
134Sessions are used to cache cryptographic information in a particular driver
135(or associated hardware), so initialization is not needed with every request.
136Consumers of cryptographic services pass a set of
137descriptors that instruct the framework (and the drivers registered
138with it) of the operations that should be applied on the data (more
139than one cryptographic operation can be requested).
140.Pp
141Keying operations are supported as well.
142Unlike the symmetric operators described above,
143these sessionless commands perform mathematical operations using
144input and output parameters.
145.Pp
146Since the consumers may not be associated with a process, drivers may
147not
148.Xr sleep 9 .
149The same holds for the framework.
150Thus, a callback mechanism is used
151to notify a consumer that a request has been completed (the
152callback is specified by the consumer on an per-request basis).
153The callback is invoked by the framework whether the request was
154successfully completed or not.
155An error indication is provided in the latter case.
156A specific error code,
157.Er EAGAIN ,
158is used to indicate that a session number has changed and that the
159request may be re-submitted immediately with the new session number.
160Errors are only returned to the invoking function if not
161enough information to call the callback is available (meaning, there
162was a fatal error in verifying the arguments).
163For session initialization and teardown there is no callback mechanism used.
164.Pp
165The
166.Fn crypto_newsession
167routine is called by consumers of cryptographic services (such as the
168.Xr ipsec 4
169stack) that wish to establish a new session with the framework.
170On success, the first argument will contain the Session Identifier (SID).
171The second argument contains all the necessary information for
172the driver to establish the session.
173The third argument indicates whether a
174hardware driver (1) should be used or not (0).
175The various fields in the
176.Vt cryptoini
177structure are:
178.Bl -tag -width ".Va cri_next"
179.It Va cri_alg
180Contains an algorithm identifier.
181Currently supported algorithms are:
182.Pp
183.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC" -compact
184.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_CBC
185.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_XTS
186.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_CTR
187.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_GCM
188.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_GMAC
189.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_128_GMAC
190.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_192_GMAC
191.It Dv CRYPTO_AES_256_GMAC
192.It Dv CRYPTO_TWOFISH_CBC
193.It Dv CRYPTO_TWOFISH_XTS
194.It Dv CRYPTO_SERPENT_CBC
195.It Dv CRYPTO_SERPENT_XTS
196.It Dv CRYPTO_ARC4
197.It Dv CRYPTO_BLF_CBC
198.It Dv CRYPTO_CAMELLIA_CBC
199.It Dv CRYPTO_CAST_CBC
200.It Dv CRYPTO_DES_CBC
201.It Dv CRYPTO_3DES_CBC
202.It Dv CRYPTO_SKIPJACK_CBC
203.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5
204.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_HMAC
205.It Dv CRYPTO_MD5_KPDK
206.It Dv CRYPTO_RIPEMD160_HMAC
207.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1
208.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC
209.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA1_KPDK
210.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_256_HMAC
211.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_384_HMAC
212.It Dv CRYPTO_SHA2_512_HMAC
213.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_HMAC
214.It Dv CRYPTO_NULL_CBC
215.El
216.It Va cri_klen
217Specifies the length of the key in bits, for variable-size key
218algorithms.
219.It Va cri_mlen
220Specifies how many bytes from the calculated hash should be copied back.
2210 means entire hash.
222.It Va cri_key
223Contains the key to be used with the algorithm.
224.It Va cri_iv
225Contains an explicit initialization vector (IV), if it does not prefix
226the data.
227This field is ignored during initialization.
228If no IV is explicitly passed (see below on details), a random IV is used
229by the device driver processing the request.
230.It Va cri_next
231Contains a pointer to another
232.Vt cryptoini
233structure.
234Multiple such structures may be linked to establish multi-algorithm sessions
235.Xr ( ipsec 4
236is an example consumer of such a feature).
237.El
238.Pp
239The
240.Vt cryptoini
241structure and its contents will not be modified by the framework (or
242the drivers used).
243Subsequent requests for processing that use the
244SID returned will avoid the cost of re-initializing the hardware (in
245essence, SID acts as an index in the session cache of the driver).
246.Pp
247.Fn crypto_freesession
248is called with the SID returned by
249.Fn crypto_newsession
250to disestablish the session.
251.Pp
252.Fn crypto_dispatch
253is called to process a request.
254The various fields in the
255.Vt cryptop
256structure are:
257.Bl -tag -width ".Va crp_callback"
258.It Va crp_sid
259Contains the SID.
260.It Va crp_ilen
261Indicates the total length in bytes of the buffer to be processed.
262.It Va crp_olen
263On return, contains the total length of the result.
264For symmetric crypto operations, this will be the same as the input length.
265This will be used if the framework needs to allocate a new
266buffer for the result (or for re-formatting the input).
267.It Va crp_callback
268This routine is invoked upon completion of the request, whether
269successful or not.
270It is invoked through the
271.Fn crypto_done
272routine.
273If the request was not successful, an error code is set in the
274.Va crp_etype
275field.
276It is the responsibility of the callback routine to enter a critical
277section.
278.It Va crp_etype
279Contains the error type, if any errors were encountered, or zero if
280the request was successfully processed.
281If the
282.Er EAGAIN
283error code is returned, the SID has changed (and has been recorded in the
284.Va crp_sid
285field).
286The consumer should record the new SID and use it in all subsequent requests.
287In this case, the request may be re-submitted immediately.
288This mechanism is used by the framework to perform
289session migration (move a session from one driver to another, because
290of availability, performance, or other considerations).
291.Pp
292Note that this field only makes sense when examined by
293the callback routine specified in
294.Va crp_callback .
295Errors are returned to the invoker of
296.Fn crypto_process
297only when enough information is not present to call the callback
298routine (i.e., if the pointer passed is
299.Dv NULL
300or if no callback routine was specified).
301.It Va crp_flags
302Is a bitmask of flags associated with this request.
303Currently defined flags are:
304.Bl -tag -width ".Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIFSYNC"
305.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IMBUF
306The buffer pointed to by
307.Va crp_buf
308is an mbuf chain.
309.It Dv CRYPTO_F_IOV
310The buffer pointed to by
311.Va crp_buf
312is an
313.Vt uio
314structure.
315.It Dv CRYPTO_F_REL
316Must return data in the same place.
317.It Dv CRYPTO_F_BATCH
318Batch operation if possible.
319.It Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIMM
320Do callback immediately instead of doing it from a dedicated kernel thread.
321.It Dv CRYPTO_F_DONE
322Operation completed.
323.It Dv CRYPTO_F_CBIFSYNC
324Do callback immediately if operation is synchronous.
325.El
326.It Va crp_buf
327Points to the input buffer.
328On return (when the callback is invoked),
329it contains the result of the request.
330The input buffer may be an mbuf
331chain or a contiguous buffer,
332depending on
333.Va crp_flags .
334.It Va crp_opaque
335This is passed through the crypto framework untouched and is
336intended for the invoking application's use.
337.It Va crp_desc
338This is a linked list of descriptors.
339Each descriptor provides
340information about what type of cryptographic operation should be done
341on the input buffer.
342The various fields are:
343.Bl -tag -width ".Va crd_inject"
344.It Va crd_iv
345The field where IV should be provided when the
346.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
347flag is given.
348.It Va crd_key
349When the
350.Dv CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT
351flag is given, the
352.Va crd_key
353points to a buffer with encryption or authentication key.
354.It Va crd_alg
355An algorithm to use.
356Must be the same as the one given at newsession time.
357.It Va crd_klen
358The
359.Va crd_key
360key length.
361.It Va crd_skip
362The offset in the input buffer where processing should start.
363.It Va crd_len
364How many bytes, after
365.Va crd_skip ,
366should be processed.
367.It Va crd_inject
368Offset from the beginning of the buffer to insert any results.
369For encryption algorithms, this is where the initialization vector
370(IV) will be inserted when encrypting or where it can be found when
371decrypting (subject to
372.Va crd_flags ) .
373For MAC algorithms, this is where the result of the keyed hash will be
374inserted.
375.It Va crd_flags
376The following flags are defined:
377.Bl -tag -width 3n
378.It Dv CRD_F_ENCRYPT
379For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when encryption is required
380(when not set, decryption is performed).
381.It Dv CRD_F_IV_PRESENT
382For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV already
383precedes the data, so the
384.Va crd_inject
385value will be ignored and no IV will be written in the buffer.
386Otherwise, the IV used to encrypt the packet will be written
387at the location pointed to by
388.Va crd_inject .
389The IV length is assumed to be equal to the blocksize of the
390encryption algorithm.
391Some applications that do special
392.Dq "IV cooking" ,
393such as the half-IV mode in
394.Xr ipsec 4 ,
395can use this flag to indicate that the IV should not be written on the packet.
396This flag is typically used in conjunction with the
397.Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
398flag.
399.It Dv CRD_F_IV_EXPLICIT
400For encryption algorithms, this bit is set when the IV is explicitly
401provided by the consumer in the
402.Va crd_iv
403field.
404Otherwise, for encryption operations the IV is provided for by
405the driver used to perform the operation, whereas for decryption
406operations it is pointed to by the
407.Va crd_inject
408field.
409This flag is typically used when the IV is calculated
410.Dq "on the fly"
411by the consumer, and does not precede the data (some
412.Xr ipsec 4
413configurations, and the encrypted swap are two such examples).
414.It Dv CRD_F_KEY_EXPLICIT
415For encryption and authentication (MAC) algorithms, this bit is set when the key
416is explicitly provided by the consumer in the
417.Va crd_key
418field for the given operation.
419Otherwise, the key is taken at newsession time from the
420.Va cri_key
421field.
422.It Dv CRD_F_COMP
423For compression algorithms, this bit is set when compression is required (when
424not set, decompression is performed).
425.El
426.It Va CRD_INI
427This
428.Vt cryptoini
429structure will not be modified by the framework or the device drivers.
430Since this information accompanies every cryptographic
431operation request, drivers may re-initialize state on-demand
432(typically an expensive operation).
433Furthermore, the cryptographic
434framework may re-route requests as a result of full queues or hardware
435failure, as described above.
436.It Va crd_next
437Point to the next descriptor.
438Linked operations are useful in protocols such as
439.Xr ipsec 4 ,
440where multiple cryptographic transforms may be applied on the same
441block of data.
442.El
443.El
444.Pp
445.Fn crypto_getreq
446allocates a
447.Vt cryptop
448structure with a linked list of as many
449.Vt cryptodesc
450structures as were specified in the argument passed to it.
451.Pp
452.Fn crypto_freereq
453deallocates a structure
454.Vt cryptop
455and any
456.Vt cryptodesc
457structures linked to it.
458Note that it is the responsibility of the
459callback routine to do the necessary cleanups associated with the
460opaque field in the
461.Vt cryptop
462structure.
463.Pp
464.Fn crypto_kdispatch
465is called to perform a keying operation.
466The various fields in the
467.Vt cryptkop
468structure are:
469.Bl -tag -width ".Va krp_callback"
470.It Va krp_op
471Operation code, such as
472.Dv CRK_MOD_EXP .
473.It Va krp_status
474Return code.
475This
476.Va errno Ns -style
477variable indicates whether lower level reasons
478for operation failure.
479.It Va krp_iparams
480Number if input parameters to the specified operation.
481Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
482.It Va krp_oparams
483Number if output parameters from the specified operation.
484Note that each operation has a (typically hardwired) number of such parameters.
485.It Va krp_kvp
486An array of kernel memory blocks containing the parameters.
487.It Va krp_hid
488Identifier specifying which low-level driver is being used.
489.It Va krp_callback
490Callback called on completion of a keying operation.
491.El
492.Sh DRIVER-SIDE API
493The
494.Fn crypto_get_driverid ,
495.Fn crypto_register ,
496.Fn crypto_kregister ,
497.Fn crypto_unregister ,
498.Fn crypto_unblock ,
499and
500.Fn crypto_done
501routines are used by drivers that provide support for cryptographic
502primitives to register and unregister with the kernel crypto services
503framework.
504Drivers must first use the
505.Fn crypto_get_driverid
506function to acquire a driver identifier, specifying the
507.Fa cc_flags
508as an argument (normally 0, but software-only drivers should specify
509.Dv CRYPTOCAP_F_SOFTWARE ) .
510For each algorithm the driver supports, it must then call
511.Fn crypto_register .
512The first two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers.
513The next two arguments specify the largest possible operator length (in bits,
514important for public key operations) and flags for this algorithm.
515The last four arguments must be provided in the first call to
516.Fn crypto_register
517and are ignored in all subsequent calls.
518They are pointers to three
519driver-provided functions that the framework may call to establish new
520cryptographic context with the driver, free already established
521context, and ask for a request to be processed (encrypt, decrypt,
522etc.); and an opaque parameter to pass when calling each of these routines.
523.Fn crypto_unregister
524is called by drivers that wish to withdraw support for an algorithm.
525The two arguments are the driver and algorithm identifiers, respectively.
526Typically, drivers for
527PCMCIA
528crypto cards that are being ejected will invoke this routine for all
529algorithms supported by the card.
530.Fn crypto_unregister_all
531will unregister all algorithms registered by a driver
532and the driver will be disabled (no new sessions will be allocated on
533that driver, and any existing sessions will be migrated to other
534drivers).
535The same will be done if all algorithms associated with a driver are
536unregistered one by one.
537.Pp
538The calling convention for the three driver-supplied routines is:
539.Pp
540.Bl -item -compact
541.It
542.Ft int
543.Fn \*[lp]*newsession\*[rp] "void *" "u_int32_t *" "struct cryptoini *" ;
544.It
545.Ft int
546.Fn \*[lp]*freesession\*[rp] "void *" "u_int64_t" ;
547.It
548.Ft int
549.Fn \*[lp]*process\*[rp] "void *" "struct cryptop *" ;
550.It
551.Ft int
552.Fn \*[lp]*kprocess\*[rp] "void *" "struct cryptkop *" ;
553.El
554.Pp
555On invocation, the first argument to
556all routines is an opaque data value supplied when the algorithm
557is registered with
558.Fn crypto_register .
559The second argument to
560.Fn newsession
561contains the driver identifier obtained via
562.Fn crypto_get_driverid .
563On successful return, it should contain a driver-specific session
564identifier.
565The third argument is identical to that of
566.Fn crypto_newsession .
567.Pp
568The
569.Fn freesession
570routine takes as arguments the opaque data value and the SID
571(which is the concatenation of the
572driver identifier and the driver-specific session identifier).
573It should clear any context associated with the session (clear hardware
574registers, memory, etc.).
575.Pp
576The
577.Fn process
578routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto processing.
579This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
580immediately.
581Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
582In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
583.Va crp_etype
584field of the
585.Vt cryptop
586structure.
587When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
588.Fn process
589routine should invoke
590.Fn crypto_done .
591Session migration may be performed, as mentioned previously.
592.Pp
593In case of a temporary resource exhaustion, the
594.Fn process
595routine may return
596.Er ERESTART
597in which case the crypto services will requeue the request, mark the driver
598as
599.Dq blocked ,
600and stop submitting requests for processing.
601The driver is then responsible for notifying the crypto services
602when it is again able to process requests through the
603.Fn crypto_unblock
604routine.
605This simple flow control mechanism should only be used for short-lived
606resource exhaustion as it causes operations to be queued in the crypto
607layer.
608Doing so is preferable to returning an error in such cases as
609it can cause network protocols to degrade performance by treating the
610failure much like a lost packet.
611.Pp
612The
613.Fn kprocess
614routine is invoked with a request to perform crypto key processing.
615This routine must not block, but should queue the request and return
616immediately.
617Upon processing the request, the callback routine should be invoked.
618In case of an unrecoverable error, the error indication must be placed in the
619.Va krp_status
620field of the
621.Vt cryptkop
622structure.
623When the request is completed, or an error is detected, the
624.Fn kprocess
625routine should invoked
626.Fn crypto_kdone .
627.Sh RETURN VALUES
628.Fn crypto_register ,
629.Fn crypto_kregister ,
630.Fn crypto_unregister ,
631.Fn crypto_newsession ,
632.Fn crypto_freesession ,
633and
634.Fn crypto_unblock
635return 0 on success, or an error code on failure.
636.Fn crypto_get_driverid
637returns a non-negative value on error, and \-1 on failure.
638.Fn crypto_getreq
639returns a pointer to a
640.Vt cryptop
641structure and
642.Dv NULL
643on failure.
644.Fn crypto_dispatch
645returns
646.Er EINVAL
647if its argument or the callback function was
648.Dv NULL ,
649and 0 otherwise.
650The callback is provided with an error code in case of failure, in the
651.Va crp_etype
652field.
653.Sh FILES
654.Bl -tag -width ".Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c"
655.It Pa sys/opencrypto/crypto.c
656most of the framework code
657.El
658.Sh SEE ALSO
659.Xr ipsec 4 ,
660.Xr kmalloc 9 ,
661.Xr sleep 9
662.Sh HISTORY
663The cryptographic framework first appeared in
664.Ox 2.7
665and was written by
666.An "Angelos D. Keromytis" Aq angelos@openbsd.org .
667.Sh BUGS
668The framework currently assumes that all the algorithms in a
669.Fn crypto_newsession
670operation must be available by the same driver.
671If that is not the case, session initialization will fail.
672.Pp
673The framework also needs a mechanism for determining which driver is
674best for a specific set of algorithms associated with a session.
675Some type of benchmarking is in order here.
676.Pp
677Multiple instances of the same algorithm in the same session are not
678supported.
679Note that 3DES is considered one algorithm (and not three
680instances of DES).
681Thus, 3DES and DES could be mixed in the same request.
682