0
0
mirror of https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/git/linux.git synced 2024-12-29 05:55:02 +08:00
Commit Graph

32 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Ard Biesheuvel
0eb76ba29d crypto: remove cipher routines from public crypto API
The cipher routines in the crypto API are mostly intended for templates
implementing skcipher modes generically in software, and shouldn't be
used outside of the crypto subsystem. So move the prototypes and all
related definitions to a new header file under include/crypto/internal.
Also, let's use the new module namespace feature to move the symbol
exports into a new namespace CRYPTO_INTERNAL.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2021-01-03 08:41:35 +11:00
Eric Biggers
2eb27c1193 crypto: algapi - add NEED_FALLBACK to INHERITED_FLAGS
CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK is handled inconsistently.  When it's requested
to be clear, some templates propagate that request to child algorithms,
while others don't.

It's apparently desired for NEED_FALLBACK to be propagated, to avoid
deadlocks where a module tries to load itself while it's being
initialized, and to avoid unnecessarily complex fallback chains where we
have e.g. cbc-aes-$driver falling back to cbc(aes-$driver) where
aes-$driver itself falls back to aes-generic, instead of cbc-aes-$driver
simply falling back to cbc(aes-generic).  There have been a number of
fixes to this effect:

commit 89027579bc ("crypto: xts - Propagate NEED_FALLBACK bit")
commit d2c2a85cfe ("crypto: ctr - Propagate NEED_FALLBACK bit")
commit e6c2e65c70 ("crypto: cbc - Propagate NEED_FALLBACK bit")

But it seems that other templates can have the same problems too.

To avoid this whack-a-mole, just add NEED_FALLBACK to INHERITED_FLAGS so
that it's always inherited.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2020-07-16 21:49:08 +10:00
Eric Biggers
7bcb2c99f8 crypto: algapi - use common mechanism for inheriting flags
The flag CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC is "inherited" in the sense that when a
template is instantiated, the template will have CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC set if
any of the algorithms it uses has CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC set.

We'd like to add a second flag (CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY) that gets
"inherited" in the same way.  This is difficult because the handling of
CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC is hardcoded everywhere.  Address this by:

  - Add CRYPTO_ALG_INHERITED_FLAGS, which contains the set of flags that
    have these inheritance semantics.

  - Add crypto_algt_inherited_mask(), for use by template ->create()
    methods.  It returns any of these flags that the user asked to be
    unset and thus must be passed in the 'mask' to crypto_grab_*().

  - Also modify crypto_check_attr_type() to handle computing the 'mask'
    so that most templates can just use this.

  - Make crypto_grab_*() propagate these flags to the template instance
    being created so that templates don't have to do this themselves.

Make crypto/simd.c propagate these flags too, since it "wraps" another
algorithm, similar to a template.

Based on a patch by Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
(https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.LRH.2.02.2006301414580.30526@file01.intranet.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com).

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2020-07-16 21:49:08 +10:00
Eric Biggers
a108dfcff8 crypto: ctr - simplify error handling in crypto_rfc3686_create()
Simplify the error handling in crypto_rfc3686_create() by taking
advantage of crypto_grab_skcipher() now handling an ERR_PTR() name and
by taking advantage of crypto_drop_skcipher() now accepting (as a no-op)
a spawn that hasn't been grabbed yet.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2020-03-06 12:28:22 +11:00
Eric Biggers
b9f76dddb1 crypto: skcipher - pass instance to crypto_grab_skcipher()
Initializing a crypto_skcipher_spawn currently requires:

1. Set spawn->base.inst to point to the instance.
2. Call crypto_grab_skcipher().

But there's no reason for these steps to be separate, and in fact this
unneeded complication has caused at least one bug, the one fixed by
commit 6db4341017 ("crypto: adiantum - initialize crypto_spawn::inst")

So just make crypto_grab_skcipher() take the instance as an argument.

To keep the function calls from getting too unwieldy due to this extra
argument, also introduce a 'mask' variable into the affected places
which weren't already using one.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2020-01-09 11:30:54 +08:00
Eric Biggers
af5034e8e4 crypto: remove propagation of CRYPTO_TFM_RES_* flags
The CRYPTO_TFM_RES_* flags were apparently meant as a way to make the
->setkey() functions provide more information about errors.  But these
flags weren't actually being used or tested, and in many cases they
weren't being set correctly anyway.  So they've now been removed.

Also, if someone ever actually needs to start better distinguishing
->setkey() errors (which is somewhat unlikely, as this has been unneeded
for a long time), we'd be much better off just defining different return
values, like -EINVAL if the key is invalid for the algorithm vs.
-EKEYREJECTED if the key was rejected by a policy like "no weak keys".
That would be much simpler, less error-prone, and easier to test.

So just remove CRYPTO_TFM_RES_MASK and all the unneeded logic that
propagates these flags around.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2020-01-09 11:30:53 +08:00
Herbert Xu
b3c16bfc6a crypto: skcipher - Add skcipher_ialg_simple helper
This patch introduces the skcipher_ialg_simple helper which fetches
the crypto_alg structure from a simple skcipher instance's spawn.

This allows us to remove the third argument from the function
skcipher_alloc_instance_simple.

In doing so the reference count to the algorithm is now maintained
by the Crypto API and the caller no longer needs to drop the alg
refcount.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2019-12-27 18:18:04 +08:00
Thomas Gleixner
2874c5fd28 treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152
Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by
  the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at
  your option any later version

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3029 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070032.746973796@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
Eric Biggers
c4741b2305 crypto: run initcalls for generic implementations earlier
Use subsys_initcall for registration of all templates and generic
algorithm implementations, rather than module_init.  Then change
cryptomgr to use arch_initcall, to place it before the subsys_initcalls.

This is needed so that when both a generic and optimized implementation
of an algorithm are built into the kernel (not loadable modules), the
generic implementation is registered before the optimized one.
Otherwise, the self-tests for the optimized implementation are unable to
allocate the generic implementation for the new comparison fuzz tests.

Note that on arm, a side effect of this change is that self-tests for
generic implementations may run before the unaligned access handler has
been installed.  So, unaligned accesses will crash the kernel.  This is
arguably a good thing as it makes it easier to detect that type of bug.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2019-04-18 22:15:03 +08:00
Xiongfeng Wang
9f8ef365ef crypto: ctr - use template array registering API to simplify the code
Use crypto template array registering API to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <xiongfeng.wang@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2019-01-25 18:41:52 +08:00
Eric Biggers
11f14630c4 crypto: ctr - convert to skcipher API
Convert the CTR template from the deprecated "blkcipher" API to the
"skcipher" API, taking advantage of skcipher_alloc_instance_simple() to
simplify it considerably.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2019-01-11 14:16:57 +08:00
Eric Biggers
c79b411eaa crypto: skcipher - remove remnants of internal IV generators
Remove dead code related to internal IV generators, which are no longer
used since they've been replaced with the "seqiv" and "echainiv"
templates.  The removed code includes:

- The "givcipher" (GIVCIPHER) algorithm type.  No algorithms are
  registered with this type anymore, so it's unneeded.

- The "const char *geniv" member of aead_alg, ablkcipher_alg, and
  blkcipher_alg.  A few algorithms still set this, but it isn't used
  anymore except to show via /proc/crypto and CRYPTO_MSG_GETALG.
  Just hardcode "<default>" or "<none>" in those cases.

- The 'skcipher_givcrypt_request' structure, which is never used.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2018-12-23 11:52:45 +08:00
Salvatore Mesoraca
6650c4de68 crypto: remove several VLAs
We avoid various VLAs[1] by using constant expressions for block size
and alignment mask.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2018-04-21 00:58:34 +08:00
Ard Biesheuvel
45fe93dff2 crypto: algapi - make crypto_xor() take separate dst and src arguments
There are quite a number of occurrences in the kernel of the pattern

  if (dst != src)
          memcpy(dst, src, walk.total % AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
  crypto_xor(dst, final, walk.total % AES_BLOCK_SIZE);

or

  crypto_xor(keystream, src, nbytes);
  memcpy(dst, keystream, nbytes);

where crypto_xor() is preceded or followed by a memcpy() invocation
that is only there because crypto_xor() uses its output parameter as
one of the inputs. To avoid having to add new instances of this pattern
in the arm64 code, which will be refactored to implement non-SIMD
fallbacks, add an alternative implementation called crypto_xor_cpy(),
taking separate input and output arguments. This removes the need for
the separate memcpy().

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2017-08-04 09:27:15 +08:00
Marcelo Cerri
d2c2a85cfe crypto: ctr - Propagate NEED_FALLBACK bit
When requesting a fallback algorithm, we should propagate the
NEED_FALLBACK bit when search for the underlying algorithm.

This will prevents drivers from allocating unnecessary fallbacks that
are never called. For instance, currently the vmx-crypto driver will use
the following chain of calls when calling the fallback implementation:

p8_aes_ctr -> ctr(p8_aes) -> aes-generic

However p8_aes will always delegate its calls to aes-generic. With this
patch, p8_aes_ctr will be able to use ctr(aes-generic) directly as its
fallback. The same applies to aes_s390.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.cerri@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2017-03-09 18:34:39 +08:00
Ard Biesheuvel
db91af0fbe crypto: algapi - make crypto_xor() and crypto_inc() alignment agnostic
Instead of unconditionally forcing 4 byte alignment for all generic
chaining modes that rely on crypto_xor() or crypto_inc() (which may
result in unnecessary copying of data when the underlying hardware
can perform unaligned accesses efficiently), make those functions
deal with unaligned input explicitly, but only if the Kconfig symbol
HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is set. This will allow us to drop
the alignmasks from the CBC, CMAC, CTR, CTS, PCBC and SEQIV drivers.

For crypto_inc(), this simply involves making the 4-byte stride
conditional on HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS being set, given that
it typically operates on 16 byte buffers.

For crypto_xor(), an algorithm is implemented that simply runs through
the input using the largest strides possible if unaligned accesses are
allowed. If they are not, an optimal sequence of memory accesses is
emitted that takes the relative alignment of the input buffers into
account, e.g., if the relative misalignment of dst and src is 4 bytes,
the entire xor operation will be completed using 4 byte loads and stores
(modulo unaligned bits at the start and end). Note that all expressions
involving misalign are simply eliminated by the compiler when
HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is defined.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2017-02-11 17:52:28 +08:00
Eric Biggers
60425a8bad crypto: skcipher - Get rid of crypto_spawn_skcipher2()
Since commit 3a01d0ee2b ("crypto: skcipher - Remove top-level
givcipher interface"), crypto_spawn_skcipher2() and
crypto_spawn_skcipher() are equivalent.  So switch callers of
crypto_spawn_skcipher2() to crypto_spawn_skcipher() and remove it.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2016-11-01 08:37:17 +08:00
Eric Biggers
a35528eca0 crypto: skcipher - Get rid of crypto_grab_skcipher2()
Since commit 3a01d0ee2b ("crypto: skcipher - Remove top-level
givcipher interface"), crypto_grab_skcipher2() and
crypto_grab_skcipher() are equivalent.  So switch callers of
crypto_grab_skcipher2() to crypto_grab_skcipher() and remove it.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2016-11-01 08:37:16 +08:00
Herbert Xu
b2b39c2f97 crypto: ctr - Use skcipher in rfc3686
This patch converts rfc3686 to use the new skcipher interface as
opposed to ablkcipher.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2016-07-18 17:35:39 +08:00
Kees Cook
4943ba16bb crypto: include crypto- module prefix in template
This adds the module loading prefix "crypto-" to the template lookup
as well.

For example, attempting to load 'vfat(blowfish)' via AF_ALG now correctly
includes the "crypto-" prefix at every level, correctly rejecting "vfat":

	net-pf-38
	algif-hash
	crypto-vfat(blowfish)
	crypto-vfat(blowfish)-all
	crypto-vfat

Reported-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2014-11-26 20:06:30 +08:00
Kees Cook
5d26a105b5 crypto: prefix module autoloading with "crypto-"
This prefixes all crypto module loading with "crypto-" so we never run
the risk of exposing module auto-loading to userspace via a crypto API,
as demonstrated by Mathias Krause:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2014-11-24 22:43:57 +08:00
Linus Torvalds
32dc43e40a Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6
Pull crypto update from Herbert Xu:
 "Here is the crypto update for 3.9:

   - Added accelerated implementation of crc32 using pclmulqdq.

   - Added test vector for fcrypt.

   - Added support for OMAP4/AM33XX cipher and hash.

   - Fixed loose crypto_user input checks.

   - Misc fixes"

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6: (43 commits)
  crypto: user - ensure user supplied strings are nul-terminated
  crypto: user - fix empty string test in report API
  crypto: user - fix info leaks in report API
  crypto: caam - Added property fsl,sec-era in SEC4.0 device tree binding.
  crypto: use ERR_CAST
  crypto: atmel-aes - adjust duplicate test
  crypto: crc32-pclmul - Kill warning on x86-32
  crypto: x86/twofish - assembler clean-ups: use ENTRY/ENDPROC, localize jump labels
  crypto: x86/sha1 - assembler clean-ups: use ENTRY/ENDPROC
  crypto: x86/serpent - use ENTRY/ENDPROC for assember functions and localize jump targets
  crypto: x86/salsa20 - assembler cleanup, use ENTRY/ENDPROC for assember functions and rename ECRYPT_* to salsa20_*
  crypto: x86/ghash - assembler clean-up: use ENDPROC at end of assember functions
  crypto: x86/crc32c - assembler clean-up: use ENTRY/ENDPROC
  crypto: cast6-avx: use ENTRY()/ENDPROC() for assembler functions
  crypto: cast5-avx: use ENTRY()/ENDPROC() for assembler functions and localize jump targets
  crypto: camellia-x86_64/aes-ni: use ENTRY()/ENDPROC() for assembler functions and localize jump targets
  crypto: blowfish-x86_64: use ENTRY()/ENDPROC() for assembler functions and localize jump targets
  crypto: aesni-intel - add ENDPROC statements for assembler functions
  crypto: x86/aes - assembler clean-ups: use ENTRY/ENDPROC, localize jump targets
  crypto: testmgr - add test vector for fcrypt
  ...
2013-02-25 15:56:15 -08:00
Julia Lawall
3e8afe35c3 crypto: use ERR_CAST
Replace PTR_ERR followed by ERR_PTR by ERR_CAST, to be more concise.

The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression err,x;
@@
-       err = PTR_ERR(x);
        if (IS_ERR(x))
-                return ERR_PTR(err);
+                return ERR_CAST(x);
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2013-02-04 21:16:53 +08:00
Jussi Kivilinna
69d3150cfc crypto: ctr - make rfc3686 asynchronous block cipher
Some hardware crypto drivers register asynchronous ctr(aes), which is left
unused in IPSEC because rfc3686 template only supports synchronous block
ciphers. Some other drivers register rfc3686(ctr(aes)) to workaround this
limitation but not all.

This patch changes rfc3686 to use asynchronous block ciphers, to allow async
ctr(aes) algorithms to be utilized automatically by IPSEC.

Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
2013-01-08 07:03:04 +01:00
Julia Lawall
8db050786a crypto: Use ERR_CAST
Use ERR_CAST(x) rather than ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)).  The former makes more
clear what is the purpose of the operation, which otherwise looks like a
no-op.

The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
T x;
identifier f;
@@

T f (...) { <+...
- ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
+ x
 ...+> }

@@
expression x;
@@

- ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
+ ERR_CAST(x)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2010-05-26 10:36:51 +10:00
Herbert Xu
aef27136b8 crypto: ctr - Use chainiv on raw counter mode
Raw counter mode only works with chainiv, which is no longer
the default IV generator on SMP machines.  This broke raw counter
mode as it can no longer instantiate as a givcipher.

This patch fixes it by always picking chainiv on raw counter
mode.  This is based on the diagnosis and a patch by Huang
Ying.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2009-08-13 23:10:39 +10:00
Herbert Xu
0a270321db [CRYPTO] seqiv: Add Sequence Number IV Generator
This generator generates an IV based on a sequence number by xoring it
with a salt.  This algorithm is mainly useful for CTR and similar modes.

This patch also sets it as the default IV generator for ctr.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2008-01-11 08:16:48 +11:00
Herbert Xu
5311f248b7 [CRYPTO] ctr: Refactor into ctr and rfc3686
As discussed previously, this patch moves the basic CTR functionality
into a chainable algorithm called ctr.  The IPsec-specific variant of
it is now placed on top with the name rfc3686.

So ctr(aes) gives a chainable cipher with IV size 16 while the IPsec
variant will be called rfc3686(ctr(aes)).  This patch also adjusts
gcm accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2008-01-11 08:16:41 +11:00
Herbert Xu
0971eb0de9 [CRYPTO] ctr: Fix multi-page processing
When the data spans across a page boundary, CTR may incorrectly process
a partial block in the middle because the blkcipher walking code may
supply partial blocks in the middle as long as the total length of the
supplied data is more than a block.  CTR is supposed to return any unused
partial block in that case to the walker.

This patch fixes this by doing exactly that, returning partial blocks to
the walker unless we received less than a block-worth of data to start
with.

This also allows us to optimise the bulk of the processing since we no
longer have to worry about partial blocks until the very end.

Thanks to Tan Swee Heng for fixes and actually testing this :)

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2008-01-11 08:16:24 +11:00
Herbert Xu
3f8214ea33 [CRYPTO] ctr: Use crypto_inc and crypto_xor
This patch replaces the custom inc/xor in CTR with the generic functions.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2008-01-11 08:16:20 +11:00
Joy Latten
41fdab3dd3 [CRYPTO] ctr: Add countersize
This patch adds countersize to CTR mode.
The template is now ctr(algo,noncesize,ivsize,countersize).

For example, ctr(aes,4,8,4) indicates the counterblock
will be composed of a salt/nonce that is 4 bytes, an iv
that is 8 bytes and the counter is 4 bytes.

When noncesize + ivsize < blocksize, CTR initializes the
last block - ivsize - noncesize portion of the block to
zero.  Otherwise the counter block is composed of the IV
(and nonce if necessary).

If noncesize + ivsize == blocksize, then this indicates that
user is passing in entire counterblock. Thus countersize
indicates the amount of bytes in counterblock to use as
the counter for incrementing. CTR will increment counter
portion by 1, and begin encryption with that value.

Note that CTR assumes the counter portion of the block that
will be incremented is stored in big endian.

Signed-off-by: Joy Latten <latten@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2008-01-11 08:16:08 +11:00
Joy Latten
23e353c8a6 [CRYPTO] ctr: Add CTR (Counter) block cipher mode
This patch implements CTR mode for IPsec.
It is based off of RFC 3686.

Please note:
1. CTR turns a block cipher into a stream cipher.
Encryption is done in blocks, however the last block
may be a partial block.

A "counter block" is encrypted, creating a keystream
that is xor'ed with the plaintext. The counter portion
of the counter block is incremented after each block
of plaintext is encrypted.
Decryption is performed in same manner.

2. The CTR counterblock is composed of,
        nonce + IV + counter

The size of the counterblock is equivalent to the
blocksize of the cipher.
        sizeof(nonce) + sizeof(IV) + sizeof(counter) = blocksize

The CTR template requires the name of the cipher
algorithm, the sizeof the nonce, and the sizeof the iv.
        ctr(cipher,sizeof_nonce,sizeof_iv)

So for example,
        ctr(aes,4,8)
specifies the counterblock will be composed of 4 bytes
from a nonce, 8 bytes from the iv, and 4 bytes for counter
since aes has a blocksize of 16 bytes.

3. The counter portion of the counter block is stored
in big endian for conformance to rfc 3686.

Signed-off-by: Joy Latten <latten@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2008-01-11 08:16:01 +11:00