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authorJarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>2014-07-02 15:37:30 -0400
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2014-07-03 21:38:32 +0800
commit002c77a48b479b094b834b02ef78be47ceac76fd (patch)
tree8b77329be83d25fc89cdf46d0c296e5820a23d06 /crypto/Kconfig
parent8f312d64b5eea5c1f807265c1010969a0cb4b876 (diff)
downloadlinux-002c77a48b479b094b834b02ef78be47ceac76fd.tar.bz2
crypto: fips - only panic on bad/missing crypto mod signatures
Per further discussion with NIST, the requirements for FIPS state that we only need to panic the system on failed kernel module signature checks for crypto subsystem modules. This moves the fips-mode-only module signature check out of the generic module loading code, into the crypto subsystem, at points where we can catch both algorithm module loads and mode module loads. At the same time, make CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS dependent on CONFIG_MODULE_SIG, as this is entirely necessary for FIPS mode. v2: remove extraneous blank line, perform checks in static inline function, drop no longer necessary fips.h include. CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> CC: Stephan Mueller <stephan.mueller@atsec.com> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 025c5108442e..1dca374bbd82 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ comment "Crypto core or helper"
config CRYPTO_FIPS
bool "FIPS 200 compliance"
depends on (CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG || CRYTPO_DRBG) && !CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS
+ depends on MODULE_SIG
help
This options enables the fips boot option which is
required if you want to system to operate in a FIPS 200