xref: /linux/security/keys/Kconfig (revision 44f57d78)
1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2#
3# Key management configuration
4#
5
6config KEYS
7	bool "Enable access key retention support"
8	select ASSOCIATIVE_ARRAY
9	help
10	  This option provides support for retaining authentication tokens and
11	  access keys in the kernel.
12
13	  It also includes provision of methods by which such keys might be
14	  associated with a process so that network filesystems, encryption
15	  support and the like can find them.
16
17	  Furthermore, a special type of key is available that acts as keyring:
18	  a searchable sequence of keys. Each process is equipped with access
19	  to five standard keyrings: UID-specific, GID-specific, session,
20	  process and thread.
21
22	  If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
23
24config KEYS_COMPAT
25	def_bool y
26	depends on COMPAT && KEYS
27
28config PERSISTENT_KEYRINGS
29	bool "Enable register of persistent per-UID keyrings"
30	depends on KEYS
31	help
32	  This option provides a register of persistent per-UID keyrings,
33	  primarily aimed at Kerberos key storage.  The keyrings are persistent
34	  in the sense that they stay around after all processes of that UID
35	  have exited, not that they survive the machine being rebooted.
36
37	  A particular keyring may be accessed by either the user whose keyring
38	  it is or by a process with administrative privileges.  The active
39	  LSMs gets to rule on which admin-level processes get to access the
40	  cache.
41
42	  Keyrings are created and added into the register upon demand and get
43	  removed if they expire (a default timeout is set upon creation).
44
45config BIG_KEYS
46	bool "Large payload keys"
47	depends on KEYS
48	depends on TMPFS
49	select CRYPTO
50	select CRYPTO_AES
51	select CRYPTO_GCM
52	help
53	  This option provides support for holding large keys within the kernel
54	  (for example Kerberos ticket caches).  The data may be stored out to
55	  swapspace by tmpfs.
56
57	  If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
58
59config TRUSTED_KEYS
60	tristate "TRUSTED KEYS"
61	depends on KEYS && TCG_TPM
62	select CRYPTO
63	select CRYPTO_HMAC
64	select CRYPTO_SHA1
65	select CRYPTO_HASH_INFO
66	help
67	  This option provides support for creating, sealing, and unsealing
68	  keys in the kernel. Trusted keys are random number symmetric keys,
69	  generated and RSA-sealed by the TPM. The TPM only unseals the keys,
70	  if the boot PCRs and other criteria match.  Userspace will only ever
71	  see encrypted blobs.
72
73	  If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
74
75config ENCRYPTED_KEYS
76	tristate "ENCRYPTED KEYS"
77	depends on KEYS
78	select CRYPTO
79	select CRYPTO_HMAC
80	select CRYPTO_AES
81	select CRYPTO_CBC
82	select CRYPTO_SHA256
83	select CRYPTO_RNG
84	help
85	  This option provides support for create/encrypting/decrypting keys
86	  in the kernel.  Encrypted keys are kernel generated random numbers,
87	  which are encrypted/decrypted with a 'master' symmetric key. The
88	  'master' key can be either a trusted-key or user-key type.
89	  Userspace only ever sees/stores encrypted blobs.
90
91	  If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
92
93config KEY_DH_OPERATIONS
94       bool "Diffie-Hellman operations on retained keys"
95       depends on KEYS
96       select CRYPTO
97       select CRYPTO_HASH
98       select CRYPTO_DH
99       help
100	 This option provides support for calculating Diffie-Hellman
101	 public keys and shared secrets using values stored as keys
102	 in the kernel.
103
104	 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
105