Re: [PATCH] crypto: testmgr - disallow certain DRBG hash functions in FIPS mode

From: Stephan Müller
Date: Tue Jan 17 2023 - 15:05:35 EST


Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2023, 18:20:06 CET schrieb Vladis Dronov:

Hi Vladis,

> According to FIPS 140-3 IG, section D.R "Hash Functions Acceptable for
> Use in the SP 800-90A DRBGs", modules certified after May 16th, 2023
> must not support the use of: SHA-224, SHA-384, SHA512-224, SHA512-256,
> SHA3-224, SHA3-384. Disallow HMAC and HASH DRBGs using SHA-384 in FIPS
> mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you very much for the patch!

Reviewed-by: Stephan Müller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Some details:
>
> The following DRBG algos are defined in testmgr.c as of now:
>
> drbg_{no,}pr_ctr_aes128
> drbg_{no,}pr_ctr_aes192
> drbg_{no,}pr_ctr_aes256
>
> drbg_{no,}pr_hmac_sha1
> drbg_{no,}pr_hmac_sha256
> drbg_{no,}pr_hmac_sha384 (disallow)
> drbg_{no,}pr_hmac_sha512
>
> drbg_{no,}pr_sha1
> drbg_{no,}pr_sha256
> drbg_{no,}pr_sha384 (disallow)
> drbg_{no,}pr_sha512
>
> Marked DRBGs should be disallowed in FIPS mode according to
> the requirements above.
> ---
> crypto/testmgr.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
> index 4476ac97baa5..fbb53d961ea9 100644
> --- a/crypto/testmgr.c
> +++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
> @@ -4782,7 +4782,6 @@ static const struct alg_test_desc alg_test_descs[] = {
> }, {
> /* covered by drbg_nopr_hmac_sha256 test */
> .alg = "drbg_nopr_hmac_sha384",
> - .fips_allowed = 1,
> .test = alg_test_null,
> }, {
> .alg = "drbg_nopr_hmac_sha512",
> @@ -4805,7 +4804,6 @@ static const struct alg_test_desc alg_test_descs[] = {
> }, {
> /* covered by drbg_nopr_sha256 test */
> .alg = "drbg_nopr_sha384",
> - .fips_allowed = 1,
> .test = alg_test_null,
> }, {
> .alg = "drbg_nopr_sha512",
> @@ -4841,7 +4839,6 @@ static const struct alg_test_desc alg_test_descs[] = {
> }, {
> /* covered by drbg_pr_hmac_sha256 test */
> .alg = "drbg_pr_hmac_sha384",
> - .fips_allowed = 1,
> .test = alg_test_null,
> }, {
> .alg = "drbg_pr_hmac_sha512",
> @@ -4861,7 +4858,6 @@ static const struct alg_test_desc alg_test_descs[] = {
> }, {
> /* covered by drbg_pr_sha256 test */
> .alg = "drbg_pr_sha384",
> - .fips_allowed = 1,
> .test = alg_test_null,
> }, {
> .alg = "drbg_pr_sha512",


Ciao
Stephan