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30.Dd May 25, 2016
31.Dt IEEE80211_CRYPTO 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ieee80211_crypto
35.Nd 802.11 cryptographic support
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In net/if.h
38.In net/if_media.h
39.In netproto/802_11/ieee80211_var.h
40.\"
41.Pp
42.Ft void
43.Fn ieee80211_crypto_register "const struct ieee80211_cipher *"
44.\"
45.Ft void
46.Fn ieee80211_crypto_unregister "const struct ieee80211_cipher *"
47.\"
48.Ft int
49.Fn ieee80211_crypto_available "int cipher"
50.\"
51.Pp
52.Ft void
53.Fo ieee80211_notify_replay_failure
54.Fa "struct ieee80211vap *"
55.Fa "const struct ieee80211_frame *"
56.Fa "const struct ieee80211_key *"
57.Fa "uint64_t rsc"
58.Fa "int tid"
59.Fc
60.\"
61.Ft void
62.Fo ieee80211_notify_michael_failure
63.Fa "struct ieee80211vap *"
64.Fa "const struct ieee80211_frame *"
65.Fa "u_int keyix"
66.Fc
67.\"
68.Ft int
69.Fo ieee80211_crypto_newkey
70.Fa "struct ieee80211vap *"
71.Fa "int cipher"
72.Fa "int flags"
73.Fa "struct ieee80211_key *"
74.Fc
75.\"
76.Ft int
77.Fn ieee80211_crypto_setkey "struct ieee80211vap *" "struct ieee80211_key *"
78.\"
79.Ft int
80.Fn ieee80211_crypto_delkey "struct ieee80211vap *" "struct ieee80211_key *"
81.\"
82.Ft void
83.Fn ieee80211_key_update_begin "struct ieee80211vap *"
84.\"
85.Ft void
86.Fn ieee80211_key_update_end "struct ieee80211vap *"
87.\"
88.Ft void
89.Fn ieee80211_crypto_delglobalkeys "struct ieee80211vap *"
90.\"
91.Ft void
92.Fn ieee80211_crypto_reload_keys "struct ieee80211com *"
93.\"
94.Pp
95.Ft struct ieee80211_key *
96.Fn ieee80211_crypto_encap "struct ieee80211_node *" "struct mbuf *"
97.\"
98.Ft struct ieee80211_key *
99.Fn ieee80211_crypto_decap "struct ieee80211_node *" "struct mbuf *" "int flags"
100.\"
101.Ft int
102.Fo ieee80211_crypto_demic
103.Fa "struct ieee80211vap *"
104.Fa "struct ieee80211_key *"
105.Fa "struct mbuf *"
106.Fa "int force"
107.Fc
108.\"
109.Ft int
110.Fo ieee80211_crypto_enmic
111.Fa "struct ieee80211vap *"
112.Fa "struct ieee80211_key *"
113.Fa "struct mbuf *"
114.Fa "int force"
115.Fc
116.Sh DESCRIPTION
117The
118.Nm net80211
119layer includes comprehensive cryptographic support for 802.11 protocols.
120Software implementations of ciphers required by
121WPA and 802.11i are provided as well as encap/decap processing of 802.11 frames.
122Software ciphers are written as kernel modules and
123register with the core crypto support.
124The cryptographic framework supports hardware acceleration of ciphers
125by drivers with automatic fall-back to software implementations when a
126driver is unable to provide necessary hardware services.
127.Sh CRYPTO CIPHER MODULES
128.Nm net80211
129cipher modules register their services using
130.Fn ieee80211_crypto_register
131and supply a template that describes their operation.
132This
133.Vt ieee80211_cipher
134structure defines protocol-related state such as the number of bytes
135of space in the 802.11 header to reserve/remove during encap/decap
136and entry points for setting up keys and doing cryptographic operations.
137.Pp
138Cipher modules can associate private state to each key through the
139.Vt wk_private
140structure member.
141If state is setup by the module it will be called before a key is destroyed
142so it can reclaim resources.
143.Pp
144Crypto modules can notify the system of two events.
145When a packet replay event is recognized
146.Fn ieee80211_notify_replay_failure
147can be used to signal the event.
148When a
149.Dv TKIP
150Michael failure is detected
151.Fn ieee80211_notify_michael_failure
152can be invoked.
153Drivers may also use these routines to signal events detected by the
154hardware.
155.Sh CRYPTO KEY MANAGEMENT
156The
157.Nm net80211
158layer implements a per-vap 4-element
159.Dq global key table
160and a per-station
161.Dq unicast key
162for protocols such as WPA, 802.1x, and 802.11i.
163The global key table is designed to support legacy WEP operation
164and Multicast/Group keys,
165though some applications also use it to implement WPA in station mode.
166Keys in the global table are identified by a key index in the range 0-3.
167Per-station keys are identified by the MAC address of the station and
168are typically used for unicast PTK bindings.
169.Pp
170.Nm net80211
171provides
172.Xr ioctl 2
173operations for managing both global and per-station keys.
174Drivers typically do not participate in software key management;
175they are involved only when providing hardware acceleration of
176cryptographic operations.
177.Pp
178.Fn ieee80211_crypto_newkey
179is used to allocate a new
180.Nm net80211
181key or reconfigure an existing key.
182The cipher must be specified along with any fixed key index.
183The
184.Nm net80211
185layer will handle allocating cipher and driver resources to support the key.
186.Pp
187Once a key is allocated its contents can be set using
188.Fn ieee80211_crypto_setkey
189and deleted with
190.Fn ieee80211_crypto_delkey
191(with any cipher and driver resources reclaimed).
192.Pp
193.Fn ieee80211_crypto_delglobalkeys
194is used to reclaim all keys in the global key table for a vap; it
195typically is used only within the
196.Nm net80211
197layer.
198.Pp
199.Fn ieee80211_crypto_reload_keys
200handles hardware key state reloading from software key state, such
201as required after a suspend/resume cycle.
202.Sh DRIVER CRYPTO SUPPORT
203Drivers identify ciphers they have hardware support for through the
204.Vt ic_cryptocaps
205field of the
206.Vt ieee80211com
207structure.
208If hardware support is available then a driver should also fill in the
209.Dv iv_key_alloc ,
210.Dv iv_key_set ,
211and
212.Dv iv_key_delete
213methods of each
214.Vt ieee80211vap
215created for use with the device.
216In addition the methods
217.Dv iv_key_update_begin
218and
219.Dv iv_key_update_end
220can be setup to handle synchronization requirements
221for updating hardware key state.
222.Pp
223When
224.Nm net80211
225allocates a software key and the driver can accelerate the
226cipher operations the
227.Dv iv_key_alloc
228method will be invoked.
229Drivers may return a token that is associated with outbound traffic
230(for use in encrypting frames).
231Otherwise, e.g. if hardware resources are not available, the driver will
232not return a token and
233.Nm net80211
234will arrange to do the work in software and pass frames
235to the driver that are already prepared for transmission.
236.Pp
237For receive, drivers mark frames with the
238.Dv M_WEP
239mbuf flag to indicate the hardware has decrypted the payload.
240If frames have the
241.Dv IEEE80211_FC1_PROTECTED
242bit marked in their 802.11 header and are not tagged with
243.Dv M_WEP
244then decryption is done in software.
245For more complicated scenarios the software key state is consulted; e.g.
246to decide if Michael verification needs to be done in software after
247the hardware has handled TKIP decryption.
248.Pp
249Drivers that manage complicated key data structures, e.g. faulting
250software keys into a hardware key cache, can safely manipulate software
251key state by bracketing their work with calls to
252.Fn ieee80211_key_update_begin
253and
254.Fn ieee80211_key_update_end .
255These calls also synchronize hardware key state update
256when receive traffic is active.
257.Sh SEE ALSO
258.Xr ioctl 2 ,
259.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
260.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
261.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
262.Xr ieee80211 9
263