[PATCH] crypto: cts: document NIST standard status

[PATCH] crypto: cts: document NIST standard status

[Gilad Ben-Yossef]

cts(cbc(aes)) as used in the kernel has been added to NIST
standard as CBC-CS3. Document it as such.

Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Suggested-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
---
 crypto/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index f7a235d..9176023 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -430,11 +430,14 @@ config CRYPTO_CTS
 	help
 	  CTS: Cipher Text Stealing
 	  This is the Cipher Text Stealing mode as described by
-	  Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962.
-	  (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A)
+	  Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962
+	  (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A) or
+	  CBC-CS3 as defined by NIST in Sp800-38A addendum from Oct 2010.
 	  This mode is required for Kerberos gss mechanism support
 	  for AES encryption.
 
+	  See: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-38a/addendum/final
+
 config CRYPTO_ECB
 	tristate "ECB support"
 	select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] crypto: cts: document NIST standard status

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On 5 November 2018 at 13:05, Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com> wrote:
> cts(cbc(aes)) as used in the kernel has been added to NIST
> standard as CBC-CS3. Document it as such.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
> Suggested-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

> ---
>  crypto/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
> index f7a235d..9176023 100644
> --- a/crypto/Kconfig
> +++ b/crypto/Kconfig
> @@ -430,11 +430,14 @@ config CRYPTO_CTS
>         help
>           CTS: Cipher Text Stealing
>           This is the Cipher Text Stealing mode as described by
> -         Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962.
> -         (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A)
> +         Section 8 of rfc2040 and referenced by rfc3962
> +         (rfc3962 includes errata information in its Appendix A) or
> +         CBC-CS3 as defined by NIST in Sp800-38A addendum from Oct 2010.
>           This mode is required for Kerberos gss mechanism support
>           for AES encryption.
>
> +         See: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-38a/addendum/final
> +
>  config CRYPTO_ECB
>         tristate "ECB support"
>         select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Re: [PATCH] crypto: cts: document NIST standard status

[Herbert Xu]

On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 12:05:01PM +0000, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> cts(cbc(aes)) as used in the kernel has been added to NIST
> standard as CBC-CS3. Document it as such.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
> Suggested-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
> ---
>  crypto/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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