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authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2012-09-21 23:25:04 +0100
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2012-10-08 13:50:15 +1030
commit4ae71c1dce1e3d2270a0755988033e236b8e45d6 (patch)
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parenta9681bf3dd7ccd2b32eba27d327ab76607429f7a (diff)
downloadlinux-4ae71c1dce1e3d2270a0755988033e236b8e45d6.tar.bz2
KEYS: Provide signature verification with an asymmetric key
Provide signature verification using an asymmetric-type key to indicate the public key to be used. The API is a single function that can be found in crypto/public_key.h: int verify_signature(const struct key *key, const struct public_key_signature *sig) The first argument is the appropriate key to be used and the second argument is the parsed signature data: struct public_key_signature { u8 *digest; u16 digest_size; enum pkey_hash_algo pkey_hash_algo : 8; union { MPI mpi[2]; struct { MPI s; /* m^d mod n */ } rsa; struct { MPI r; MPI s; } dsa; }; }; This should be filled in prior to calling the function. The hash algorithm should already have been called and the hash finalised and the output should be in a buffer pointed to by the 'digest' member. Any extra data to be added to the hash by the hash format (eg. PGP) should have been added by the caller prior to finalising the hash. It is assumed that the signature is made up of a number of MPI values. If an algorithm becomes available for which this is not the case, the above structure will have to change. It is also assumed that it will have been checked that the signature algorithm matches the key algorithm. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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-rw-r--r--include/crypto/public_key.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/crypto/public_key.h b/include/crypto/public_key.h
index 4b8b6c16eac6..f5b0224c9967 100644
--- a/include/crypto/public_key.h
+++ b/include/crypto/public_key.h
@@ -101,4 +101,8 @@ struct public_key_signature {
};
};
+struct key;
+extern int verify_signature(const struct key *key,
+ const struct public_key_signature *sig);
+
#endif /* _LINUX_PUBLIC_KEY_H */