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  1 =====================================               1 =====================================
  2 Filesystem-level encryption (fscrypt)               2 Filesystem-level encryption (fscrypt)
  3 =====================================               3 =====================================
  4                                                     4 
  5 Introduction                                        5 Introduction
  6 ============                                        6 ============
  7                                                     7 
  8 fscrypt is a library which filesystems can hoo      8 fscrypt is a library which filesystems can hook into to support
  9 transparent encryption of files and directorie      9 transparent encryption of files and directories.
 10                                                    10 
 11 Note: "fscrypt" in this document refers to the     11 Note: "fscrypt" in this document refers to the kernel-level portion,
 12 implemented in ``fs/crypto/``, as opposed to t     12 implemented in ``fs/crypto/``, as opposed to the userspace tool
 13 `fscrypt <https://github.com/google/fscrypt>`_     13 `fscrypt <https://github.com/google/fscrypt>`_.  This document only
 14 covers the kernel-level portion.  For command-     14 covers the kernel-level portion.  For command-line examples of how to
 15 use encryption, see the documentation for the      15 use encryption, see the documentation for the userspace tool `fscrypt
 16 <https://github.com/google/fscrypt>`_.  Also,      16 <https://github.com/google/fscrypt>`_.  Also, it is recommended to use
 17 the fscrypt userspace tool, or other existing      17 the fscrypt userspace tool, or other existing userspace tools such as
 18 `fscryptctl <https://github.com/google/fscrypt     18 `fscryptctl <https://github.com/google/fscryptctl>`_ or `Android's key
 19 management system                                  19 management system
 20 <https://source.android.com/security/encryptio     20 <https://source.android.com/security/encryption/file-based>`_, over
 21 using the kernel's API directly.  Using existi     21 using the kernel's API directly.  Using existing tools reduces the
 22 chance of introducing your own security bugs.      22 chance of introducing your own security bugs.  (Nevertheless, for
 23 completeness this documentation covers the ker     23 completeness this documentation covers the kernel's API anyway.)
 24                                                    24 
 25 Unlike dm-crypt, fscrypt operates at the files     25 Unlike dm-crypt, fscrypt operates at the filesystem level rather than
 26 at the block device level.  This allows it to      26 at the block device level.  This allows it to encrypt different files
 27 with different keys and to have unencrypted fi     27 with different keys and to have unencrypted files on the same
 28 filesystem.  This is useful for multi-user sys     28 filesystem.  This is useful for multi-user systems where each user's
 29 data-at-rest needs to be cryptographically iso     29 data-at-rest needs to be cryptographically isolated from the others.
 30 However, except for filenames, fscrypt does no     30 However, except for filenames, fscrypt does not encrypt filesystem
 31 metadata.                                          31 metadata.
 32                                                    32 
 33 Unlike eCryptfs, which is a stacked filesystem     33 Unlike eCryptfs, which is a stacked filesystem, fscrypt is integrated
 34 directly into supported filesystems --- curren !!  34 directly into supported filesystems --- currently ext4, F2FS, and
 35 and CephFS.  This allows encrypted files to be !!  35 UBIFS.  This allows encrypted files to be read and written without
 36 without caching both the decrypted and encrypt !!  36 caching both the decrypted and encrypted pages in the pagecache,
 37 pagecache, thereby nearly halving the memory u !!  37 thereby nearly halving the memory used and bringing it in line with
 38 line with unencrypted files.  Similarly, half  !!  38 unencrypted files.  Similarly, half as many dentries and inodes are
 39 inodes are needed.  eCryptfs also limits encry !!  39 needed.  eCryptfs also limits encrypted filenames to 143 bytes,
 40 bytes, causing application compatibility issue !!  40 causing application compatibility issues; fscrypt allows the full 255
 41 full 255 bytes (NAME_MAX).  Finally, unlike eC !!  41 bytes (NAME_MAX).  Finally, unlike eCryptfs, the fscrypt API can be
 42 can be used by unprivileged users, with no nee !!  42 used by unprivileged users, with no need to mount anything.
 43                                                    43 
 44 fscrypt does not support encrypting files in-p     44 fscrypt does not support encrypting files in-place.  Instead, it
 45 supports marking an empty directory as encrypt     45 supports marking an empty directory as encrypted.  Then, after
 46 userspace provides the key, all regular files,     46 userspace provides the key, all regular files, directories, and
 47 symbolic links created in that directory tree      47 symbolic links created in that directory tree are transparently
 48 encrypted.                                         48 encrypted.
 49                                                    49 
 50 Threat model                                       50 Threat model
 51 ============                                       51 ============
 52                                                    52 
 53 Offline attacks                                    53 Offline attacks
 54 ---------------                                    54 ---------------
 55                                                    55 
 56 Provided that userspace chooses a strong encry     56 Provided that userspace chooses a strong encryption key, fscrypt
 57 protects the confidentiality of file contents      57 protects the confidentiality of file contents and filenames in the
 58 event of a single point-in-time permanent offl     58 event of a single point-in-time permanent offline compromise of the
 59 block device content.  fscrypt does not protec     59 block device content.  fscrypt does not protect the confidentiality of
 60 non-filename metadata, e.g. file sizes, file p     60 non-filename metadata, e.g. file sizes, file permissions, file
 61 timestamps, and extended attributes.  Also, th     61 timestamps, and extended attributes.  Also, the existence and location
 62 of holes (unallocated blocks which logically c     62 of holes (unallocated blocks which logically contain all zeroes) in
 63 files is not protected.                            63 files is not protected.
 64                                                    64 
 65 fscrypt is not guaranteed to protect confident     65 fscrypt is not guaranteed to protect confidentiality or authenticity
 66 if an attacker is able to manipulate the files     66 if an attacker is able to manipulate the filesystem offline prior to
 67 an authorized user later accessing the filesys     67 an authorized user later accessing the filesystem.
 68                                                    68 
 69 Online attacks                                     69 Online attacks
 70 --------------                                     70 --------------
 71                                                    71 
 72 fscrypt (and storage encryption in general) ca     72 fscrypt (and storage encryption in general) can only provide limited
 73 protection, if any at all, against online atta     73 protection, if any at all, against online attacks.  In detail:
 74                                                    74 
 75 Side-channel attacks                               75 Side-channel attacks
 76 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                               76 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 77                                                    77 
 78 fscrypt is only resistant to side-channel atta     78 fscrypt is only resistant to side-channel attacks, such as timing or
 79 electromagnetic attacks, to the extent that th     79 electromagnetic attacks, to the extent that the underlying Linux
 80 Cryptographic API algorithms or inline encrypt     80 Cryptographic API algorithms or inline encryption hardware are.  If a
 81 vulnerable algorithm is used, such as a table-     81 vulnerable algorithm is used, such as a table-based implementation of
 82 AES, it may be possible for an attacker to mou     82 AES, it may be possible for an attacker to mount a side channel attack
 83 against the online system.  Side channel attac     83 against the online system.  Side channel attacks may also be mounted
 84 against applications consuming decrypted data.     84 against applications consuming decrypted data.
 85                                                    85 
 86 Unauthorized file access                           86 Unauthorized file access
 87 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                           87 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 88                                                    88 
 89 After an encryption key has been added, fscryp     89 After an encryption key has been added, fscrypt does not hide the
 90 plaintext file contents or filenames from othe     90 plaintext file contents or filenames from other users on the same
 91 system.  Instead, existing access control mech     91 system.  Instead, existing access control mechanisms such as file mode
 92 bits, POSIX ACLs, LSMs, or namespaces should b     92 bits, POSIX ACLs, LSMs, or namespaces should be used for this purpose.
 93                                                    93 
 94 (For the reasoning behind this, understand tha     94 (For the reasoning behind this, understand that while the key is
 95 added, the confidentiality of the data, from t     95 added, the confidentiality of the data, from the perspective of the
 96 system itself, is *not* protected by the mathe     96 system itself, is *not* protected by the mathematical properties of
 97 encryption but rather only by the correctness      97 encryption but rather only by the correctness of the kernel.
 98 Therefore, any encryption-specific access cont     98 Therefore, any encryption-specific access control checks would merely
 99 be enforced by kernel *code* and therefore wou     99 be enforced by kernel *code* and therefore would be largely redundant
100 with the wide variety of access control mechan    100 with the wide variety of access control mechanisms already available.)
101                                                   101 
102 Kernel memory compromise                          102 Kernel memory compromise
103 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                          103 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
104                                                   104 
105 An attacker who compromises the system enough     105 An attacker who compromises the system enough to read from arbitrary
106 memory, e.g. by mounting a physical attack or     106 memory, e.g. by mounting a physical attack or by exploiting a kernel
107 security vulnerability, can compromise all enc    107 security vulnerability, can compromise all encryption keys that are
108 currently in use.                                 108 currently in use.
109                                                   109 
110 However, fscrypt allows encryption keys to be     110 However, fscrypt allows encryption keys to be removed from the kernel,
111 which may protect them from later compromise.     111 which may protect them from later compromise.
112                                                   112 
113 In more detail, the FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_K    113 In more detail, the FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl (or the
114 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS ioctl)     114 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS ioctl) can wipe a master
115 encryption key from kernel memory.  If it does    115 encryption key from kernel memory.  If it does so, it will also try to
116 evict all cached inodes which had been "unlock    116 evict all cached inodes which had been "unlocked" using the key,
117 thereby wiping their per-file keys and making     117 thereby wiping their per-file keys and making them once again appear
118 "locked", i.e. in ciphertext or encrypted form    118 "locked", i.e. in ciphertext or encrypted form.
119                                                   119 
120 However, these ioctls have some limitations:      120 However, these ioctls have some limitations:
121                                                   121 
122 - Per-file keys for in-use files will *not* be    122 - Per-file keys for in-use files will *not* be removed or wiped.
123   Therefore, for maximum effect, userspace sho    123   Therefore, for maximum effect, userspace should close the relevant
124   encrypted files and directories before remov    124   encrypted files and directories before removing a master key, as
125   well as kill any processes whose working dir    125   well as kill any processes whose working directory is in an affected
126   encrypted directory.                            126   encrypted directory.
127                                                   127 
128 - The kernel cannot magically wipe copies of t    128 - The kernel cannot magically wipe copies of the master key(s) that
129   userspace might have as well.  Therefore, us    129   userspace might have as well.  Therefore, userspace must wipe all
130   copies of the master key(s) it makes as well    130   copies of the master key(s) it makes as well; normally this should
131   be done immediately after FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPT    131   be done immediately after FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY, without waiting
132   for FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY.  Naturally    132   for FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY.  Naturally, the same also applies
133   to all higher levels in the key hierarchy.      133   to all higher levels in the key hierarchy.  Userspace should also
134   follow other security precautions such as ml    134   follow other security precautions such as mlock()ing memory
135   containing keys to prevent it from being swa    135   containing keys to prevent it from being swapped out.
136                                                   136 
137 - In general, decrypted contents and filenames    137 - In general, decrypted contents and filenames in the kernel VFS
138   caches are freed but not wiped.  Therefore,     138   caches are freed but not wiped.  Therefore, portions thereof may be
139   recoverable from freed memory, even after th    139   recoverable from freed memory, even after the corresponding key(s)
140   were wiped.  To partially solve this, you ca    140   were wiped.  To partially solve this, you can set
141   CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y in your kernel confi    141   CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y in your kernel config and add page_poison=1
142   to your kernel command line.  However, this     142   to your kernel command line.  However, this has a performance cost.
143                                                   143 
144 - Secret keys might still exist in CPU registe    144 - Secret keys might still exist in CPU registers, in crypto
145   accelerator hardware (if used by the crypto     145   accelerator hardware (if used by the crypto API to implement any of
146   the algorithms), or in other places not expl    146   the algorithms), or in other places not explicitly considered here.
147                                                   147 
148 Limitations of v1 policies                        148 Limitations of v1 policies
149 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                        149 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
150                                                   150 
151 v1 encryption policies have some weaknesses wi    151 v1 encryption policies have some weaknesses with respect to online
152 attacks:                                          152 attacks:
153                                                   153 
154 - There is no verification that the provided m    154 - There is no verification that the provided master key is correct.
155   Therefore, a malicious user can temporarily     155   Therefore, a malicious user can temporarily associate the wrong key
156   with another user's encrypted files to which    156   with another user's encrypted files to which they have read-only
157   access.  Because of filesystem caching, the     157   access.  Because of filesystem caching, the wrong key will then be
158   used by the other user's accesses to those f    158   used by the other user's accesses to those files, even if the other
159   user has the correct key in their own keyrin    159   user has the correct key in their own keyring.  This violates the
160   meaning of "read-only access".                  160   meaning of "read-only access".
161                                                   161 
162 - A compromise of a per-file key also compromi    162 - A compromise of a per-file key also compromises the master key from
163   which it was derived.                           163   which it was derived.
164                                                   164 
165 - Non-root users cannot securely remove encryp    165 - Non-root users cannot securely remove encryption keys.
166                                                   166 
167 All the above problems are fixed with v2 encry    167 All the above problems are fixed with v2 encryption policies.  For
168 this reason among others, it is recommended to    168 this reason among others, it is recommended to use v2 encryption
169 policies on all new encrypted directories.        169 policies on all new encrypted directories.
170                                                   170 
171 Key hierarchy                                     171 Key hierarchy
172 =============                                     172 =============
173                                                   173 
174 Master Keys                                       174 Master Keys
175 -----------                                       175 -----------
176                                                   176 
177 Each encrypted directory tree is protected by     177 Each encrypted directory tree is protected by a *master key*.  Master
178 keys can be up to 64 bytes long, and must be a    178 keys can be up to 64 bytes long, and must be at least as long as the
179 greater of the security strength of the conten    179 greater of the security strength of the contents and filenames
180 encryption modes being used.  For example, if     180 encryption modes being used.  For example, if any AES-256 mode is
181 used, the master key must be at least 256 bits    181 used, the master key must be at least 256 bits, i.e. 32 bytes.  A
182 stricter requirement applies if the key is use    182 stricter requirement applies if the key is used by a v1 encryption
183 policy and AES-256-XTS is used; such keys must    183 policy and AES-256-XTS is used; such keys must be 64 bytes.
184                                                   184 
185 To "unlock" an encrypted directory tree, users    185 To "unlock" an encrypted directory tree, userspace must provide the
186 appropriate master key.  There can be any numb    186 appropriate master key.  There can be any number of master keys, each
187 of which protects any number of directory tree    187 of which protects any number of directory trees on any number of
188 filesystems.                                      188 filesystems.
189                                                   189 
190 Master keys must be real cryptographic keys, i    190 Master keys must be real cryptographic keys, i.e. indistinguishable
191 from random bytestrings of the same length.  T    191 from random bytestrings of the same length.  This implies that users
192 **must not** directly use a password as a mast    192 **must not** directly use a password as a master key, zero-pad a
193 shorter key, or repeat a shorter key.  Securit    193 shorter key, or repeat a shorter key.  Security cannot be guaranteed
194 if userspace makes any such error, as the cryp    194 if userspace makes any such error, as the cryptographic proofs and
195 analysis would no longer apply.                   195 analysis would no longer apply.
196                                                   196 
197 Instead, users should generate master keys eit    197 Instead, users should generate master keys either using a
198 cryptographically secure random number generat    198 cryptographically secure random number generator, or by using a KDF
199 (Key Derivation Function).  The kernel does no    199 (Key Derivation Function).  The kernel does not do any key stretching;
200 therefore, if userspace derives the key from a    200 therefore, if userspace derives the key from a low-entropy secret such
201 as a passphrase, it is critical that a KDF des    201 as a passphrase, it is critical that a KDF designed for this purpose
202 be used, such as scrypt, PBKDF2, or Argon2.       202 be used, such as scrypt, PBKDF2, or Argon2.
203                                                   203 
204 Key derivation function                           204 Key derivation function
205 -----------------------                           205 -----------------------
206                                                   206 
207 With one exception, fscrypt never uses the mas    207 With one exception, fscrypt never uses the master key(s) for
208 encryption directly.  Instead, they are only u    208 encryption directly.  Instead, they are only used as input to a KDF
209 (Key Derivation Function) to derive the actual    209 (Key Derivation Function) to derive the actual keys.
210                                                   210 
211 The KDF used for a particular master key diffe    211 The KDF used for a particular master key differs depending on whether
212 the key is used for v1 encryption policies or     212 the key is used for v1 encryption policies or for v2 encryption
213 policies.  Users **must not** use the same key    213 policies.  Users **must not** use the same key for both v1 and v2
214 encryption policies.  (No real-world attack is    214 encryption policies.  (No real-world attack is currently known on this
215 specific case of key reuse, but its security c    215 specific case of key reuse, but its security cannot be guaranteed
216 since the cryptographic proofs and analysis wo    216 since the cryptographic proofs and analysis would no longer apply.)
217                                                   217 
218 For v1 encryption policies, the KDF only suppo    218 For v1 encryption policies, the KDF only supports deriving per-file
219 encryption keys.  It works by encrypting the m    219 encryption keys.  It works by encrypting the master key with
220 AES-128-ECB, using the file's 16-byte nonce as    220 AES-128-ECB, using the file's 16-byte nonce as the AES key.  The
221 resulting ciphertext is used as the derived ke    221 resulting ciphertext is used as the derived key.  If the ciphertext is
222 longer than needed, then it is truncated to th    222 longer than needed, then it is truncated to the needed length.
223                                                   223 
224 For v2 encryption policies, the KDF is HKDF-SH    224 For v2 encryption policies, the KDF is HKDF-SHA512.  The master key is
225 passed as the "input keying material", no salt    225 passed as the "input keying material", no salt is used, and a distinct
226 "application-specific information string" is u    226 "application-specific information string" is used for each distinct
227 key to be derived.  For example, when a per-fi    227 key to be derived.  For example, when a per-file encryption key is
228 derived, the application-specific information     228 derived, the application-specific information string is the file's
229 nonce prefixed with "fscrypt\\0" and a context    229 nonce prefixed with "fscrypt\\0" and a context byte.  Different
230 context bytes are used for other types of deri    230 context bytes are used for other types of derived keys.
231                                                   231 
232 HKDF-SHA512 is preferred to the original AES-1    232 HKDF-SHA512 is preferred to the original AES-128-ECB based KDF because
233 HKDF is more flexible, is nonreversible, and e    233 HKDF is more flexible, is nonreversible, and evenly distributes
234 entropy from the master key.  HKDF is also sta    234 entropy from the master key.  HKDF is also standardized and widely
235 used by other software, whereas the AES-128-EC    235 used by other software, whereas the AES-128-ECB based KDF is ad-hoc.
236                                                   236 
237 Per-file encryption keys                          237 Per-file encryption keys
238 ------------------------                          238 ------------------------
239                                                   239 
240 Since each master key can protect many files,     240 Since each master key can protect many files, it is necessary to
241 "tweak" the encryption of each file so that th    241 "tweak" the encryption of each file so that the same plaintext in two
242 files doesn't map to the same ciphertext, or v    242 files doesn't map to the same ciphertext, or vice versa.  In most
243 cases, fscrypt does this by deriving per-file     243 cases, fscrypt does this by deriving per-file keys.  When a new
244 encrypted inode (regular file, directory, or s    244 encrypted inode (regular file, directory, or symlink) is created,
245 fscrypt randomly generates a 16-byte nonce and    245 fscrypt randomly generates a 16-byte nonce and stores it in the
246 inode's encryption xattr.  Then, it uses a KDF    246 inode's encryption xattr.  Then, it uses a KDF (as described in `Key
247 derivation function`_) to derive the file's ke    247 derivation function`_) to derive the file's key from the master key
248 and nonce.                                        248 and nonce.
249                                                   249 
250 Key derivation was chosen over key wrapping be    250 Key derivation was chosen over key wrapping because wrapped keys would
251 require larger xattrs which would be less like    251 require larger xattrs which would be less likely to fit in-line in the
252 filesystem's inode table, and there didn't app    252 filesystem's inode table, and there didn't appear to be any
253 significant advantages to key wrapping.  In pa    253 significant advantages to key wrapping.  In particular, currently
254 there is no requirement to support unlocking a    254 there is no requirement to support unlocking a file with multiple
255 alternative master keys or to support rotating    255 alternative master keys or to support rotating master keys.  Instead,
256 the master keys may be wrapped in userspace, e    256 the master keys may be wrapped in userspace, e.g. as is done by the
257 `fscrypt <https://github.com/google/fscrypt>`_    257 `fscrypt <https://github.com/google/fscrypt>`_ tool.
258                                                   258 
259 DIRECT_KEY policies                               259 DIRECT_KEY policies
260 -------------------                               260 -------------------
261                                                   261 
262 The Adiantum encryption mode (see `Encryption     262 The Adiantum encryption mode (see `Encryption modes and usage`_) is
263 suitable for both contents and filenames encry    263 suitable for both contents and filenames encryption, and it accepts
264 long IVs --- long enough to hold both an 8-byt !! 264 long IVs --- long enough to hold both an 8-byte logical block number
265 16-byte per-file nonce.  Also, the overhead of !! 265 and a 16-byte per-file nonce.  Also, the overhead of each Adiantum key
266 greater than that of an AES-256-XTS key.       !! 266 is greater than that of an AES-256-XTS key.
267                                                   267 
268 Therefore, to improve performance and save mem    268 Therefore, to improve performance and save memory, for Adiantum a
269 "direct key" configuration is supported.  When    269 "direct key" configuration is supported.  When the user has enabled
270 this by setting FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY    270 this by setting FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY in the fscrypt policy,
271 per-file encryption keys are not used.  Instea    271 per-file encryption keys are not used.  Instead, whenever any data
272 (contents or filenames) is encrypted, the file    272 (contents or filenames) is encrypted, the file's 16-byte nonce is
273 included in the IV.  Moreover:                    273 included in the IV.  Moreover:
274                                                   274 
275 - For v1 encryption policies, the encryption i    275 - For v1 encryption policies, the encryption is done directly with the
276   master key.  Because of this, users **must n    276   master key.  Because of this, users **must not** use the same master
277   key for any other purpose, even for other v1    277   key for any other purpose, even for other v1 policies.
278                                                   278 
279 - For v2 encryption policies, the encryption i    279 - For v2 encryption policies, the encryption is done with a per-mode
280   key derived using the KDF.  Users may use th    280   key derived using the KDF.  Users may use the same master key for
281   other v2 encryption policies.                   281   other v2 encryption policies.
282                                                   282 
283 IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies                           283 IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies
284 -----------------------                           284 -----------------------
285                                                   285 
286 When FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_64 is set    286 When FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_64 is set in the fscrypt policy,
287 the encryption keys are derived from the maste    287 the encryption keys are derived from the master key, encryption mode
288 number, and filesystem UUID.  This normally re    288 number, and filesystem UUID.  This normally results in all files
289 protected by the same master key sharing a sin    289 protected by the same master key sharing a single contents encryption
290 key and a single filenames encryption key.  To    290 key and a single filenames encryption key.  To still encrypt different
291 files' data differently, inode numbers are inc    291 files' data differently, inode numbers are included in the IVs.
292 Consequently, shrinking the filesystem may not    292 Consequently, shrinking the filesystem may not be allowed.
293                                                   293 
294 This format is optimized for use with inline e    294 This format is optimized for use with inline encryption hardware
295 compliant with the UFS standard, which support    295 compliant with the UFS standard, which supports only 64 IV bits per
296 I/O request and may have only a small number o    296 I/O request and may have only a small number of keyslots.
297                                                   297 
298 IV_INO_LBLK_32 policies                           298 IV_INO_LBLK_32 policies
299 -----------------------                           299 -----------------------
300                                                   300 
301 IV_INO_LBLK_32 policies work like IV_INO_LBLK_    301 IV_INO_LBLK_32 policies work like IV_INO_LBLK_64, except that for
302 IV_INO_LBLK_32, the inode number is hashed wit    302 IV_INO_LBLK_32, the inode number is hashed with SipHash-2-4 (where the
303 SipHash key is derived from the master key) an !! 303 SipHash key is derived from the master key) and added to the file
304 unit index mod 2^32 to produce a 32-bit IV.    !! 304 logical block number mod 2^32 to produce a 32-bit IV.
305                                                   305 
306 This format is optimized for use with inline e    306 This format is optimized for use with inline encryption hardware
307 compliant with the eMMC v5.2 standard, which s    307 compliant with the eMMC v5.2 standard, which supports only 32 IV bits
308 per I/O request and may have only a small numb    308 per I/O request and may have only a small number of keyslots.  This
309 format results in some level of IV reuse, so i    309 format results in some level of IV reuse, so it should only be used
310 when necessary due to hardware limitations.       310 when necessary due to hardware limitations.
311                                                   311 
312 Key identifiers                                   312 Key identifiers
313 ---------------                                   313 ---------------
314                                                   314 
315 For master keys used for v2 encryption policie    315 For master keys used for v2 encryption policies, a unique 16-byte "key
316 identifier" is also derived using the KDF.  Th    316 identifier" is also derived using the KDF.  This value is stored in
317 the clear, since it is needed to reliably iden    317 the clear, since it is needed to reliably identify the key itself.
318                                                   318 
319 Dirhash keys                                      319 Dirhash keys
320 ------------                                      320 ------------
321                                                   321 
322 For directories that are indexed using a secre    322 For directories that are indexed using a secret-keyed dirhash over the
323 plaintext filenames, the KDF is also used to d    323 plaintext filenames, the KDF is also used to derive a 128-bit
324 SipHash-2-4 key per directory in order to hash    324 SipHash-2-4 key per directory in order to hash filenames.  This works
325 just like deriving a per-file encryption key,     325 just like deriving a per-file encryption key, except that a different
326 KDF context is used.  Currently, only casefold    326 KDF context is used.  Currently, only casefolded ("case-insensitive")
327 encrypted directories use this style of hashin    327 encrypted directories use this style of hashing.
328                                                   328 
329 Encryption modes and usage                        329 Encryption modes and usage
330 ==========================                        330 ==========================
331                                                   331 
332 fscrypt allows one encryption mode to be speci    332 fscrypt allows one encryption mode to be specified for file contents
333 and one encryption mode to be specified for fi    333 and one encryption mode to be specified for filenames.  Different
334 directory trees are permitted to use different    334 directory trees are permitted to use different encryption modes.
335                                                << 
336 Supported modes                                << 
337 ---------------                                << 
338                                                << 
339 Currently, the following pairs of encryption m    335 Currently, the following pairs of encryption modes are supported:
340                                                   336 
341 - AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-CBC-CTS !! 337 - AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-CTS-CBC for filenames
342 - AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-HCTR2 f !! 338 - AES-128-CBC for contents and AES-128-CTS-CBC for filenames
343 - Adiantum for both contents and filenames        339 - Adiantum for both contents and filenames
344 - AES-128-CBC-ESSIV for contents and AES-128-C !! 340 - AES-256-XTS for contents and AES-256-HCTR2 for filenames (v2 policies only)
345 - SM4-XTS for contents and SM4-CBC-CTS for fil !! 341 - SM4-XTS for contents and SM4-CTS-CBC for filenames (v2 policies only)
346                                                   342 
347 Note: in the API, "CBC" means CBC-ESSIV, and " !! 343 If unsure, you should use the (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-CTS-CBC) pair.
348 So, for example, FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_CTS mean << 
349                                                   344 
350 Authenticated encryption modes are not current !! 345 AES-128-CBC was added only for low-powered embedded devices with
351 the difficulty of dealing with ciphertext expa !! 346 crypto accelerators such as CAAM or CESA that do not support XTS.  To
352 contents encryption uses a block cipher in `XT !! 347 use AES-128-CBC, CONFIG_CRYPTO_ESSIV and CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256 (or
353 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption !! 348 another SHA-256 implementation) must be enabled so that ESSIV can be
354 `CBC-ESSIV mode                                !! 349 used.
355 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption !! 350 
356 or a wide-block cipher.  Filenames encryption  !! 351 Adiantum is a (primarily) stream cipher-based mode that is fast even
357 block cipher in `CBC-CTS mode                  !! 352 on CPUs without dedicated crypto instructions.  It's also a true
358 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciphertext_stea !! 353 wide-block mode, unlike XTS.  It can also eliminate the need to derive
359 cipher.                                        !! 354 per-file encryption keys.  However, it depends on the security of two
360                                                !! 355 primitives, XChaCha12 and AES-256, rather than just one.  See the
361 The (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-CBC-CTS) pair is the !! 356 paper "Adiantum: length-preserving encryption for entry-level
362 It is also the only option that is *guaranteed !! 357 processors" (https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/720.pdf) for more details.
363 if the kernel supports fscrypt at all; see `Ke !! 358 To use Adiantum, CONFIG_CRYPTO_ADIANTUM must be enabled.  Also, fast
364                                                !! 359 implementations of ChaCha and NHPoly1305 should be enabled, e.g.
365 The (AES-256-XTS, AES-256-HCTR2) pair is also  !! 360 CONFIG_CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON and CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_NEON for ARM.
366 upgrades the filenames encryption to use a wid !! 361 
367 *wide-block cipher*, also called a tweakable s !! 362 AES-256-HCTR2 is another true wide-block encryption mode that is intended for
368 permutation, has the property that changing on !! 363 use on CPUs with dedicated crypto instructions.  AES-256-HCTR2 has the property
369 entire result.)  As described in `Filenames en !! 364 that a bitflip in the plaintext changes the entire ciphertext.  This property
370 cipher is the ideal mode for the problem domai !! 365 makes it desirable for filename encryption since initialization vectors are
371 "least bad" choice among the alternatives.  Fo !! 366 reused within a directory.  For more details on AES-256-HCTR2, see the paper
372 HCTR2, see `the HCTR2 paper <https://eprint.ia !! 367 "Length-preserving encryption with HCTR2"
373                                                !! 368 (https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1441.pdf).  To use AES-256-HCTR2,
374 Adiantum is recommended on systems where AES i !! 369 CONFIG_CRYPTO_HCTR2 must be enabled.  Also, fast implementations of XCTR and
375 of hardware acceleration for AES.  Adiantum is !! 370 POLYVAL should be enabled, e.g. CRYPTO_POLYVAL_ARM64_CE and
376 that uses XChaCha12 and AES-256 as its underly !! 371 CRYPTO_AES_ARM64_CE_BLK for ARM64.
377 the work is done by XChaCha12, which is much f !! 372 
378 acceleration is unavailable.  For more informa !! 373 SM4 is a Chinese block cipher that is an alternative to AES.  It has
379 `the Adiantum paper <https://eprint.iacr.org/2 !! 374 not seen as much security review as AES, and it only has a 128-bit key
380                                                !! 375 size.  It may be useful in cases where its use is mandated.
381 The (AES-128-CBC-ESSIV, AES-128-CBC-CTS) pair  !! 376 Otherwise, it should not be used.  For SM4 support to be available, it
382 systems whose only form of AES acceleration is !! 377 also needs to be enabled in the kernel crypto API.
383 accelerator such as CAAM or CESA that does not !! 378 
384                                                !! 379 New encryption modes can be added relatively easily, without changes
385 The remaining mode pairs are the "national pri !! 380 to individual filesystems.  However, authenticated encryption (AE)
386                                                !! 381 modes are not currently supported because of the difficulty of dealing
387 - (SM4-XTS, SM4-CBC-CTS)                       !! 382 with ciphertext expansion.
388                                                << 
389 Generally speaking, these ciphers aren't "bad" << 
390 receive limited security review compared to th << 
391 AES and ChaCha.  They also don't bring much ne << 
392 suggested to only use these ciphers where thei << 
393                                                << 
394 Kernel config options                          << 
395 ---------------------                          << 
396                                                << 
397 Enabling fscrypt support (CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION << 
398 only the basic support from the crypto API nee << 
399 and AES-256-CBC-CTS encryption.  For optimal p << 
400 strongly recommended to also enable any availa << 
401 kconfig options that provide acceleration for  << 
402 wish to use.  Support for any "non-default" en << 
403 requires extra kconfig options as well.        << 
404                                                << 
405 Below, some relevant options are listed by enc << 
406 acceleration options not listed below may be a << 
407 platform; refer to the kconfig menus.  File co << 
408 also be configured to use inline encryption ha << 
409 kernel crypto API (see `Inline encryption supp << 
410 the file contents mode doesn't need to support << 
411 API, but the filenames mode still does.        << 
412                                                << 
413 - AES-256-XTS and AES-256-CBC-CTS              << 
414     - Recommended:                             << 
415         - arm64: CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_ARM64_CE_BL << 
416         - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL      << 
417                                                << 
418 - AES-256-HCTR2                                << 
419     - Mandatory:                               << 
420         - CONFIG_CRYPTO_HCTR2                  << 
421     - Recommended:                             << 
422         - arm64: CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_ARM64_CE_BL << 
423         - arm64: CONFIG_CRYPTO_POLYVAL_ARM64_C << 
424         - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL      << 
425         - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_POLYVAL_CLMUL_NI  << 
426                                                << 
427 - Adiantum                                     << 
428     - Mandatory:                               << 
429         - CONFIG_CRYPTO_ADIANTUM               << 
430     - Recommended:                             << 
431         - arm32: CONFIG_CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON   << 
432         - arm32: CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_NEON << 
433         - arm64: CONFIG_CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON   << 
434         - arm64: CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_NEON << 
435         - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_CHACHA20_X86_64   << 
436         - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_SSE2   << 
437         - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_NHPOLY1305_AVX2   << 
438                                                << 
439 - AES-128-CBC-ESSIV and AES-128-CBC-CTS:       << 
440     - Mandatory:                               << 
441         - CONFIG_CRYPTO_ESSIV                  << 
442         - CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256 or another SHA- << 
443     - Recommended:                             << 
444         - AES-CBC acceleration                 << 
445                                                << 
446 fscrypt also uses HMAC-SHA512 for key derivati << 
447 acceleration is recommended:                   << 
448                                                << 
449 - SHA-512                                      << 
450     - Recommended:                             << 
451         - arm64: CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512_ARM64_CE << 
452         - x86: CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512_SSSE3      << 
453                                                   383 
454 Contents encryption                               384 Contents encryption
455 -------------------                               385 -------------------
456                                                   386 
457 For contents encryption, each file's contents  !! 387 For file contents, each filesystem block is encrypted independently.
458 units".  Each data unit is encrypted independe !! 388 Starting from Linux kernel 5.5, encryption of filesystems with block
459 data unit incorporates the zero-based index of !! 389 size less than system's page size is supported.
460 the file.  This ensures that each data unit wi !! 390 
461 differently, which is essential to prevent lea !! 391 Each block's IV is set to the logical block number within the file as
462                                                !! 392 a little endian number, except that:
463 Note: the encryption depending on the offset i !! 393 
464 operations like "collapse range" and "insert r !! 394 - With CBC mode encryption, ESSIV is also used.  Specifically, each IV
465 extent mapping of files are not supported on e !! 395   is encrypted with AES-256 where the AES-256 key is the SHA-256 hash
466                                                !! 396   of the file's data encryption key.
467 There are two cases for the sizes of the data  !! 397 
468                                                !! 398 - With `DIRECT_KEY policies`_, the file's nonce is appended to the IV.
469 * Fixed-size data units.  This is how all file !! 399   Currently this is only allowed with the Adiantum encryption mode.
470   work.  A file's data units are all the same  !! 400 
471   is zero-padded if needed.  By default, the d !! 401 - With `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_, the logical block number is limited
472   to the filesystem block size.  On some files !! 402   to 32 bits and is placed in bits 0-31 of the IV.  The inode number
473   a sub-block data unit size via the ``log2_da !! 403   (which is also limited to 32 bits) is placed in bits 32-63.
474   the encryption policy; see `FS_IOC_SET_ENCRY !! 404 
475                                                !! 405 - With `IV_INO_LBLK_32 policies`_, the logical block number is limited
476 * Variable-size data units.  This is what UBIF !! 406   to 32 bits and is placed in bits 0-31 of the IV.  The inode number
477   data node" is treated as a crypto data unit. !! 407   is then hashed and added mod 2^32.
478   length, possibly compressed data, zero-padde !! 408 
479   boundary.  Users cannot select a sub-block d !! 409 Note that because file logical block numbers are included in the IVs,
480                                                !! 410 filesystems must enforce that blocks are never shifted around within
481 In the case of compression + encryption, the c !! 411 encrypted files, e.g. via "collapse range" or "insert range".
482 encrypted.  UBIFS compression works as describ << 
483 compression works a bit differently; it compre << 
484 filesystem blocks into a smaller number of fil << 
485 Therefore a f2fs-compressed file still uses fi << 
486 it is encrypted in a similar way to a file con << 
487                                                << 
488 As mentioned in `Key hierarchy`_, the default  << 
489 per-file keys.  In this case, the IV for each  << 
490 index of the data unit in the file.  However,  << 
491 encryption setting that does not use per-file  << 
492 kind of file identifier is incorporated into t << 
493                                                << 
494 - With `DIRECT_KEY policies`_, the data unit i << 
495   0-63 of the IV, and the file's nonce is plac << 
496                                                << 
497 - With `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_, the data un << 
498   bits 0-31 of the IV, and the file's inode nu << 
499   32-63.  This setting is only allowed when da << 
500   inode numbers fit in 32 bits.                << 
501                                                << 
502 - With `IV_INO_LBLK_32 policies`_, the file's  << 
503   and added to the data unit index.  The resul << 
504   to 32 bits and placed in bits 0-31 of the IV << 
505   allowed when data unit indices and inode num << 
506                                                << 
507 The byte order of the IV is always little endi << 
508                                                << 
509 If the user selects FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_128_CBC f << 
510 ESSIV layer is automatically included.  In thi << 
511 passed to AES-128-CBC, it is encrypted with AE << 
512 key is the SHA-256 hash of the file's contents << 
513                                                   412 
514 Filenames encryption                              413 Filenames encryption
515 --------------------                              414 --------------------
516                                                   415 
517 For filenames, each full filename is encrypted    416 For filenames, each full filename is encrypted at once.  Because of
518 the requirements to retain support for efficie    417 the requirements to retain support for efficient directory lookups and
519 filenames of up to 255 bytes, the same IV is u    418 filenames of up to 255 bytes, the same IV is used for every filename
520 in a directory.                                   419 in a directory.
521                                                   420 
522 However, each encrypted directory still uses a    421 However, each encrypted directory still uses a unique key, or
523 alternatively has the file's nonce (for `DIREC    422 alternatively has the file's nonce (for `DIRECT_KEY policies`_) or
524 inode number (for `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_)     423 inode number (for `IV_INO_LBLK_64 policies`_) included in the IVs.
525 Thus, IV reuse is limited to within a single d    424 Thus, IV reuse is limited to within a single directory.
526                                                   425 
527 With CBC-CTS, the IV reuse means that when the !! 426 With CTS-CBC, the IV reuse means that when the plaintext filenames share a
528 common prefix at least as long as the cipher b    427 common prefix at least as long as the cipher block size (16 bytes for AES), the
529 corresponding encrypted filenames will also sh    428 corresponding encrypted filenames will also share a common prefix.  This is
530 undesirable.  Adiantum and HCTR2 do not have t    429 undesirable.  Adiantum and HCTR2 do not have this weakness, as they are
531 wide-block encryption modes.                      430 wide-block encryption modes.
532                                                   431 
533 All supported filenames encryption modes accep    432 All supported filenames encryption modes accept any plaintext length
534 >= 16 bytes; cipher block alignment is not req    433 >= 16 bytes; cipher block alignment is not required.  However,
535 filenames shorter than 16 bytes are NUL-padded    434 filenames shorter than 16 bytes are NUL-padded to 16 bytes before
536 being encrypted.  In addition, to reduce leaka    435 being encrypted.  In addition, to reduce leakage of filename lengths
537 via their ciphertexts, all filenames are NUL-p    436 via their ciphertexts, all filenames are NUL-padded to the next 4, 8,
538 16, or 32-byte boundary (configurable).  32 is    437 16, or 32-byte boundary (configurable).  32 is recommended since this
539 provides the best confidentiality, at the cost    438 provides the best confidentiality, at the cost of making directory
540 entries consume slightly more space.  Note tha    439 entries consume slightly more space.  Note that since NUL (``\0``) is
541 not otherwise a valid character in filenames,     440 not otherwise a valid character in filenames, the padding will never
542 produce duplicate plaintexts.                     441 produce duplicate plaintexts.
543                                                   442 
544 Symbolic link targets are considered a type of    443 Symbolic link targets are considered a type of filename and are
545 encrypted in the same way as filenames in dire    444 encrypted in the same way as filenames in directory entries, except
546 that IV reuse is not a problem as each symlink    445 that IV reuse is not a problem as each symlink has its own inode.
547                                                   446 
548 User API                                          447 User API
549 ========                                          448 ========
550                                                   449 
551 Setting an encryption policy                      450 Setting an encryption policy
552 ----------------------------                      451 ----------------------------
553                                                   452 
554 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY                      453 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY
555 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                      454 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
556                                                   455 
557 The FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY ioctl sets an    456 The FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY ioctl sets an encryption policy on an
558 empty directory or verifies that a directory o    457 empty directory or verifies that a directory or regular file already
559 has the specified encryption policy.  It takes    458 has the specified encryption policy.  It takes in a pointer to
560 struct fscrypt_policy_v1 or struct fscrypt_pol    459 struct fscrypt_policy_v1 or struct fscrypt_policy_v2, defined as
561 follows::                                         460 follows::
562                                                   461 
563     #define FSCRYPT_POLICY_V1               0     462     #define FSCRYPT_POLICY_V1               0
564     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE     8     463     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE     8
565     struct fscrypt_policy_v1 {                    464     struct fscrypt_policy_v1 {
566             __u8 version;                         465             __u8 version;
567             __u8 contents_encryption_mode;        466             __u8 contents_encryption_mode;
568             __u8 filenames_encryption_mode;       467             __u8 filenames_encryption_mode;
569             __u8 flags;                           468             __u8 flags;
570             __u8 master_key_descriptor[FSCRYPT    469             __u8 master_key_descriptor[FSCRYPT_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE];
571     };                                            470     };
572     #define fscrypt_policy  fscrypt_policy_v1     471     #define fscrypt_policy  fscrypt_policy_v1
573                                                   472 
574     #define FSCRYPT_POLICY_V2               2     473     #define FSCRYPT_POLICY_V2               2
575     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE     16    474     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE     16
576     struct fscrypt_policy_v2 {                    475     struct fscrypt_policy_v2 {
577             __u8 version;                         476             __u8 version;
578             __u8 contents_encryption_mode;        477             __u8 contents_encryption_mode;
579             __u8 filenames_encryption_mode;       478             __u8 filenames_encryption_mode;
580             __u8 flags;                           479             __u8 flags;
581             __u8 log2_data_unit_size;          !! 480             __u8 __reserved[4];
582             __u8 __reserved[3];                << 
583             __u8 master_key_identifier[FSCRYPT    481             __u8 master_key_identifier[FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE];
584     };                                            482     };
585                                                   483 
586 This structure must be initialized as follows:    484 This structure must be initialized as follows:
587                                                   485 
588 - ``version`` must be FSCRYPT_POLICY_V1 (0) if    486 - ``version`` must be FSCRYPT_POLICY_V1 (0) if
589   struct fscrypt_policy_v1 is used or FSCRYPT_    487   struct fscrypt_policy_v1 is used or FSCRYPT_POLICY_V2 (2) if
590   struct fscrypt_policy_v2 is used. (Note: we     488   struct fscrypt_policy_v2 is used. (Note: we refer to the original
591   policy version as "v1", though its version c    489   policy version as "v1", though its version code is really 0.)
592   For new encrypted directories, use v2 polici    490   For new encrypted directories, use v2 policies.
593                                                   491 
594 - ``contents_encryption_mode`` and ``filenames    492 - ``contents_encryption_mode`` and ``filenames_encryption_mode`` must
595   be set to constants from ``<linux/fscrypt.h>    493   be set to constants from ``<linux/fscrypt.h>`` which identify the
596   encryption modes to use.  If unsure, use FSC    494   encryption modes to use.  If unsure, use FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_XTS
597   (1) for ``contents_encryption_mode`` and FSC    495   (1) for ``contents_encryption_mode`` and FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_CTS
598   (4) for ``filenames_encryption_mode``.  For  !! 496   (4) for ``filenames_encryption_mode``.
599   modes and usage`_.                           << 
600                                                << 
601   v1 encryption policies only support three co << 
602   (FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_256_XTS, FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_ << 
603   (FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_128_CBC, FSCRYPT_MODE_AES_ << 
604   (FSCRYPT_MODE_ADIANTUM, FSCRYPT_MODE_ADIANTU << 
605   all combinations documented in `Supported mo << 
606                                                   497 
607 - ``flags`` contains optional flags from ``<li    498 - ``flags`` contains optional flags from ``<linux/fscrypt.h>``:
608                                                   499 
609   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_PAD_*: The amount of     500   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_PAD_*: The amount of NUL padding to use when
610     encrypting filenames.  If unsure, use FSCR    501     encrypting filenames.  If unsure, use FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAGS_PAD_32
611     (0x3).                                        502     (0x3).
612   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY: See `DIREC    503   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY: See `DIRECT_KEY policies`_.
613   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_64: See `I    504   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_64: See `IV_INO_LBLK_64
614     policies`_.                                   505     policies`_.
615   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_32: See `I    506   - FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_IV_INO_LBLK_32: See `IV_INO_LBLK_32
616     policies`_.                                   507     policies`_.
617                                                   508 
618   v1 encryption policies only support the PAD_    509   v1 encryption policies only support the PAD_* and DIRECT_KEY flags.
619   The other flags are only supported by v2 enc    510   The other flags are only supported by v2 encryption policies.
620                                                   511 
621   The DIRECT_KEY, IV_INO_LBLK_64, and IV_INO_L    512   The DIRECT_KEY, IV_INO_LBLK_64, and IV_INO_LBLK_32 flags are
622   mutually exclusive.                             513   mutually exclusive.
623                                                   514 
624 - ``log2_data_unit_size`` is the log2 of the d << 
625   or 0 to select the default data unit size.   << 
626   the granularity of file contents encryption. << 
627   ``log2_data_unit_size`` to 12 causes file co << 
628   underlying encryption algorithm (such as AES << 
629   data units, each with its own IV.            << 
630                                                << 
631   Not all filesystems support setting ``log2_d << 
632   and f2fs support it since Linux v6.7.  On fi << 
633   it, the supported nonzero values are 9 throu << 
634   filesystem block size, inclusively.  The def << 
635   the filesystem block size.                   << 
636                                                << 
637   The main use case for ``log2_data_unit_size` << 
638   data unit size smaller than the filesystem b << 
639   compatibility with inline encryption hardwar << 
640   smaller data unit sizes.  ``/sys/block/$disk << 
641   useful for checking which data unit sizes ar << 
642   particular system's inline encryption hardwa << 
643                                                << 
644   Leave this field zeroed unless you are certa << 
645   an unnecessarily small data unit size reduce << 
646                                                << 
647 - For v2 encryption policies, ``__reserved`` m    515 - For v2 encryption policies, ``__reserved`` must be zeroed.
648                                                   516 
649 - For v1 encryption policies, ``master_key_des    517 - For v1 encryption policies, ``master_key_descriptor`` specifies how
650   to find the master key in a keyring; see `Ad    518   to find the master key in a keyring; see `Adding keys`_.  It is up
651   to userspace to choose a unique ``master_key    519   to userspace to choose a unique ``master_key_descriptor`` for each
652   master key.  The e4crypt and fscrypt tools u    520   master key.  The e4crypt and fscrypt tools use the first 8 bytes of
653   ``SHA-512(SHA-512(master_key))``, but this p    521   ``SHA-512(SHA-512(master_key))``, but this particular scheme is not
654   required.  Also, the master key need not be     522   required.  Also, the master key need not be in the keyring yet when
655   FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY is executed.  H    523   FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY is executed.  However, it must be added
656   before any files can be created in the encry    524   before any files can be created in the encrypted directory.
657                                                   525 
658   For v2 encryption policies, ``master_key_des    526   For v2 encryption policies, ``master_key_descriptor`` has been
659   replaced with ``master_key_identifier``, whi    527   replaced with ``master_key_identifier``, which is longer and cannot
660   be arbitrarily chosen.  Instead, the key mus    528   be arbitrarily chosen.  Instead, the key must first be added using
661   `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_.  Then, the ``k    529   `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_.  Then, the ``key_spec.u.identifier``
662   the kernel returned in the struct fscrypt_ad    530   the kernel returned in the struct fscrypt_add_key_arg must
663   be used as the ``master_key_identifier`` in     531   be used as the ``master_key_identifier`` in
664   struct fscrypt_policy_v2.                       532   struct fscrypt_policy_v2.
665                                                   533 
666 If the file is not yet encrypted, then FS_IOC_    534 If the file is not yet encrypted, then FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY
667 verifies that the file is an empty directory.     535 verifies that the file is an empty directory.  If so, the specified
668 encryption policy is assigned to the directory    536 encryption policy is assigned to the directory, turning it into an
669 encrypted directory.  After that, and after pr    537 encrypted directory.  After that, and after providing the
670 corresponding master key as described in `Addi    538 corresponding master key as described in `Adding keys`_, all regular
671 files, directories (recursively), and symlinks    539 files, directories (recursively), and symlinks created in the
672 directory will be encrypted, inheriting the sa    540 directory will be encrypted, inheriting the same encryption policy.
673 The filenames in the directory's entries will     541 The filenames in the directory's entries will be encrypted as well.
674                                                   542 
675 Alternatively, if the file is already encrypte    543 Alternatively, if the file is already encrypted, then
676 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY validates that th    544 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY validates that the specified encryption
677 policy exactly matches the actual one.  If the    545 policy exactly matches the actual one.  If they match, then the ioctl
678 returns 0.  Otherwise, it fails with EEXIST.      546 returns 0.  Otherwise, it fails with EEXIST.  This works on both
679 regular files and directories, including nonem    547 regular files and directories, including nonempty directories.
680                                                   548 
681 When a v2 encryption policy is assigned to a d    549 When a v2 encryption policy is assigned to a directory, it is also
682 required that either the specified key has bee    550 required that either the specified key has been added by the current
683 user or that the caller has CAP_FOWNER in the     551 user or that the caller has CAP_FOWNER in the initial user namespace.
684 (This is needed to prevent a user from encrypt    552 (This is needed to prevent a user from encrypting their data with
685 another user's key.)  The key must remain adde    553 another user's key.)  The key must remain added while
686 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY is executing.  Ho    554 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY is executing.  However, if the new
687 encrypted directory does not need to be access    555 encrypted directory does not need to be accessed immediately, then the
688 key can be removed right away afterwards.         556 key can be removed right away afterwards.
689                                                   557 
690 Note that the ext4 filesystem does not allow t    558 Note that the ext4 filesystem does not allow the root directory to be
691 encrypted, even if it is empty.  Users who wan    559 encrypted, even if it is empty.  Users who want to encrypt an entire
692 filesystem with one key should consider using     560 filesystem with one key should consider using dm-crypt instead.
693                                                   561 
694 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY can fail with the    562 FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY can fail with the following errors:
695                                                   563 
696 - ``EACCES``: the file is not owned by the pro    564 - ``EACCES``: the file is not owned by the process's uid, nor does the
697   process have the CAP_FOWNER capability in a     565   process have the CAP_FOWNER capability in a namespace with the file
698   owner's uid mapped                              566   owner's uid mapped
699 - ``EEXIST``: the file is already encrypted wi    567 - ``EEXIST``: the file is already encrypted with an encryption policy
700   different from the one specified                568   different from the one specified
701 - ``EINVAL``: an invalid encryption policy was    569 - ``EINVAL``: an invalid encryption policy was specified (invalid
702   version, mode(s), or flags; or reserved bits    570   version, mode(s), or flags; or reserved bits were set); or a v1
703   encryption policy was specified but the dire    571   encryption policy was specified but the directory has the casefold
704   flag enabled (casefolding is incompatible wi    572   flag enabled (casefolding is incompatible with v1 policies).
705 - ``ENOKEY``: a v2 encryption policy was speci    573 - ``ENOKEY``: a v2 encryption policy was specified, but the key with
706   the specified ``master_key_identifier`` has     574   the specified ``master_key_identifier`` has not been added, nor does
707   the process have the CAP_FOWNER capability i    575   the process have the CAP_FOWNER capability in the initial user
708   namespace                                       576   namespace
709 - ``ENOTDIR``: the file is unencrypted and is     577 - ``ENOTDIR``: the file is unencrypted and is a regular file, not a
710   directory                                       578   directory
711 - ``ENOTEMPTY``: the file is unencrypted and i    579 - ``ENOTEMPTY``: the file is unencrypted and is a nonempty directory
712 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not    580 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not implement encryption
713 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configure    581 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configured with encryption
714   support for filesystems, or the filesystem s    582   support for filesystems, or the filesystem superblock has not
715   had encryption enabled on it.  (For example,    583   had encryption enabled on it.  (For example, to use encryption on an
716   ext4 filesystem, CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION must b    584   ext4 filesystem, CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION must be enabled in the
717   kernel config, and the superblock must have     585   kernel config, and the superblock must have had the "encrypt"
718   feature flag enabled using ``tune2fs -O encr    586   feature flag enabled using ``tune2fs -O encrypt`` or ``mkfs.ext4 -O
719   encrypt``.)                                     587   encrypt``.)
720 - ``EPERM``: this directory may not be encrypt    588 - ``EPERM``: this directory may not be encrypted, e.g. because it is
721   the root directory of an ext4 filesystem        589   the root directory of an ext4 filesystem
722 - ``EROFS``: the filesystem is readonly           590 - ``EROFS``: the filesystem is readonly
723                                                   591 
724 Getting an encryption policy                      592 Getting an encryption policy
725 ----------------------------                      593 ----------------------------
726                                                   594 
727 Two ioctls are available to get a file's encry    595 Two ioctls are available to get a file's encryption policy:
728                                                   596 
729 - `FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX`_              597 - `FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX`_
730 - `FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY`_                 598 - `FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY`_
731                                                   599 
732 The extended (_EX) version of the ioctl is mor    600 The extended (_EX) version of the ioctl is more general and is
733 recommended to use when possible.  However, on    601 recommended to use when possible.  However, on older kernels only the
734 original ioctl is available.  Applications sho    602 original ioctl is available.  Applications should try the extended
735 version, and if it fails with ENOTTY fall back    603 version, and if it fails with ENOTTY fall back to the original
736 version.                                          604 version.
737                                                   605 
738 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX                   606 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX
739 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                   607 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
740                                                   608 
741 The FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX ioctl retr    609 The FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX ioctl retrieves the encryption
742 policy, if any, for a directory or regular fil    610 policy, if any, for a directory or regular file.  No additional
743 permissions are required beyond the ability to    611 permissions are required beyond the ability to open the file.  It
744 takes in a pointer to struct fscrypt_get_polic    612 takes in a pointer to struct fscrypt_get_policy_ex_arg,
745 defined as follows::                              613 defined as follows::
746                                                   614 
747     struct fscrypt_get_policy_ex_arg {            615     struct fscrypt_get_policy_ex_arg {
748             __u64 policy_size; /* input/output    616             __u64 policy_size; /* input/output */
749             union {                               617             union {
750                     __u8 version;                 618                     __u8 version;
751                     struct fscrypt_policy_v1 v    619                     struct fscrypt_policy_v1 v1;
752                     struct fscrypt_policy_v2 v    620                     struct fscrypt_policy_v2 v2;
753             } policy; /* output */                621             } policy; /* output */
754     };                                            622     };
755                                                   623 
756 The caller must initialize ``policy_size`` to     624 The caller must initialize ``policy_size`` to the size available for
757 the policy struct, i.e. ``sizeof(arg.policy)``    625 the policy struct, i.e. ``sizeof(arg.policy)``.
758                                                   626 
759 On success, the policy struct is returned in `    627 On success, the policy struct is returned in ``policy``, and its
760 actual size is returned in ``policy_size``.  `    628 actual size is returned in ``policy_size``.  ``policy.version`` should
761 be checked to determine the version of policy     629 be checked to determine the version of policy returned.  Note that the
762 version code for the "v1" policy is actually 0    630 version code for the "v1" policy is actually 0 (FSCRYPT_POLICY_V1).
763                                                   631 
764 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX can fail with     632 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX can fail with the following errors:
765                                                   633 
766 - ``EINVAL``: the file is encrypted, but it us    634 - ``EINVAL``: the file is encrypted, but it uses an unrecognized
767   encryption policy version                       635   encryption policy version
768 - ``ENODATA``: the file is not encrypted          636 - ``ENODATA``: the file is not encrypted
769 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not    637 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not implement encryption,
770   or this kernel is too old to support FS_IOC_    638   or this kernel is too old to support FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX
771   (try FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY instead)      639   (try FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY instead)
772 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configure    640 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configured with encryption
773   support for this filesystem, or the filesyst    641   support for this filesystem, or the filesystem superblock has not
774   had encryption enabled on it                    642   had encryption enabled on it
775 - ``EOVERFLOW``: the file is encrypted and use    643 - ``EOVERFLOW``: the file is encrypted and uses a recognized
776   encryption policy version, but the policy st    644   encryption policy version, but the policy struct does not fit into
777   the provided buffer                             645   the provided buffer
778                                                   646 
779 Note: if you only need to know whether a file     647 Note: if you only need to know whether a file is encrypted or not, on
780 most filesystems it is also possible to use th    648 most filesystems it is also possible to use the FS_IOC_GETFLAGS ioctl
781 and check for FS_ENCRYPT_FL, or to use the sta    649 and check for FS_ENCRYPT_FL, or to use the statx() system call and
782 check for STATX_ATTR_ENCRYPTED in stx_attribut    650 check for STATX_ATTR_ENCRYPTED in stx_attributes.
783                                                   651 
784 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY                      652 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY
785 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                      653 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
786                                                   654 
787 The FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY ioctl can als    655 The FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY ioctl can also retrieve the
788 encryption policy, if any, for a directory or     656 encryption policy, if any, for a directory or regular file.  However,
789 unlike `FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX`_,        657 unlike `FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX`_,
790 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY only supports the    658 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY only supports the original policy
791 version.  It takes in a pointer directly to st    659 version.  It takes in a pointer directly to struct fscrypt_policy_v1
792 rather than struct fscrypt_get_policy_ex_arg.     660 rather than struct fscrypt_get_policy_ex_arg.
793                                                   661 
794 The error codes for FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLI    662 The error codes for FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY are the same as those
795 for FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX, except th    663 for FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX, except that
796 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY also returns ``EI    664 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY also returns ``EINVAL`` if the file is
797 encrypted using a newer encryption policy vers    665 encrypted using a newer encryption policy version.
798                                                   666 
799 Getting the per-filesystem salt                   667 Getting the per-filesystem salt
800 -------------------------------                   668 -------------------------------
801                                                   669 
802 Some filesystems, such as ext4 and F2FS, also     670 Some filesystems, such as ext4 and F2FS, also support the deprecated
803 ioctl FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT.  This ioct    671 ioctl FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT.  This ioctl retrieves a randomly
804 generated 16-byte value stored in the filesyst    672 generated 16-byte value stored in the filesystem superblock.  This
805 value is intended to used as a salt when deriv    673 value is intended to used as a salt when deriving an encryption key
806 from a passphrase or other low-entropy user cr    674 from a passphrase or other low-entropy user credential.
807                                                   675 
808 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT is deprecated.  I    676 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT is deprecated.  Instead, prefer to
809 generate and manage any needed salt(s) in user    677 generate and manage any needed salt(s) in userspace.
810                                                   678 
811 Getting a file's encryption nonce                 679 Getting a file's encryption nonce
812 ---------------------------------                 680 ---------------------------------
813                                                   681 
814 Since Linux v5.7, the ioctl FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPT    682 Since Linux v5.7, the ioctl FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_NONCE is supported.
815 On encrypted files and directories it gets the    683 On encrypted files and directories it gets the inode's 16-byte nonce.
816 On unencrypted files and directories, it fails    684 On unencrypted files and directories, it fails with ENODATA.
817                                                   685 
818 This ioctl can be useful for automated tests w    686 This ioctl can be useful for automated tests which verify that the
819 encryption is being done correctly.  It is not    687 encryption is being done correctly.  It is not needed for normal use
820 of fscrypt.                                       688 of fscrypt.
821                                                   689 
822 Adding keys                                       690 Adding keys
823 -----------                                       691 -----------
824                                                   692 
825 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY                         693 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY
826 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                         694 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
827                                                   695 
828 The FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl adds a mas    696 The FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl adds a master encryption key to
829 the filesystem, making all files on the filesy    697 the filesystem, making all files on the filesystem which were
830 encrypted using that key appear "unlocked", i.    698 encrypted using that key appear "unlocked", i.e. in plaintext form.
831 It can be executed on any file or directory on    699 It can be executed on any file or directory on the target filesystem,
832 but using the filesystem's root directory is r    700 but using the filesystem's root directory is recommended.  It takes in
833 a pointer to struct fscrypt_add_key_arg, defin    701 a pointer to struct fscrypt_add_key_arg, defined as follows::
834                                                   702 
835     struct fscrypt_add_key_arg {                  703     struct fscrypt_add_key_arg {
836             struct fscrypt_key_specifier key_s    704             struct fscrypt_key_specifier key_spec;
837             __u32 raw_size;                       705             __u32 raw_size;
838             __u32 key_id;                         706             __u32 key_id;
839             __u32 __reserved[8];                  707             __u32 __reserved[8];
840             __u8 raw[];                           708             __u8 raw[];
841     };                                            709     };
842                                                   710 
843     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR      711     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR        1
844     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_IDENTIFIER      712     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_IDENTIFIER        2
845                                                   713 
846     struct fscrypt_key_specifier {                714     struct fscrypt_key_specifier {
847             __u32 type;     /* one of FSCRYPT_    715             __u32 type;     /* one of FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_* */
848             __u32 __reserved;                     716             __u32 __reserved;
849             union {                               717             union {
850                     __u8 __reserved[32]; /* re    718                     __u8 __reserved[32]; /* reserve some extra space */
851                     __u8 descriptor[FSCRYPT_KE    719                     __u8 descriptor[FSCRYPT_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE];
852                     __u8 identifier[FSCRYPT_KE    720                     __u8 identifier[FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE];
853             } u;                                  721             } u;
854     };                                            722     };
855                                                   723 
856     struct fscrypt_provisioning_key_payload {     724     struct fscrypt_provisioning_key_payload {
857             __u32 type;                           725             __u32 type;
858             __u32 __reserved;                     726             __u32 __reserved;
859             __u8 raw[];                           727             __u8 raw[];
860     };                                            728     };
861                                                   729 
862 struct fscrypt_add_key_arg must be zeroed, the    730 struct fscrypt_add_key_arg must be zeroed, then initialized
863 as follows:                                       731 as follows:
864                                                   732 
865 - If the key is being added for use by v1 encr    733 - If the key is being added for use by v1 encryption policies, then
866   ``key_spec.type`` must contain FSCRYPT_KEY_S    734   ``key_spec.type`` must contain FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR, and
867   ``key_spec.u.descriptor`` must contain the d    735   ``key_spec.u.descriptor`` must contain the descriptor of the key
868   being added, corresponding to the value in t    736   being added, corresponding to the value in the
869   ``master_key_descriptor`` field of struct fs    737   ``master_key_descriptor`` field of struct fscrypt_policy_v1.
870   To add this type of key, the calling process    738   To add this type of key, the calling process must have the
871   CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the initial user    739   CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the initial user namespace.
872                                                   740 
873   Alternatively, if the key is being added for    741   Alternatively, if the key is being added for use by v2 encryption
874   policies, then ``key_spec.type`` must contai    742   policies, then ``key_spec.type`` must contain
875   FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_IDENTIFIER, and ``key_    743   FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_IDENTIFIER, and ``key_spec.u.identifier`` is
876   an *output* field which the kernel fills in     744   an *output* field which the kernel fills in with a cryptographic
877   hash of the key.  To add this type of key, t    745   hash of the key.  To add this type of key, the calling process does
878   not need any privileges.  However, the numbe    746   not need any privileges.  However, the number of keys that can be
879   added is limited by the user's quota for the    747   added is limited by the user's quota for the keyrings service (see
880   ``Documentation/security/keys/core.rst``).      748   ``Documentation/security/keys/core.rst``).
881                                                   749 
882 - ``raw_size`` must be the size of the ``raw``    750 - ``raw_size`` must be the size of the ``raw`` key provided, in bytes.
883   Alternatively, if ``key_id`` is nonzero, thi    751   Alternatively, if ``key_id`` is nonzero, this field must be 0, since
884   in that case the size is implied by the spec    752   in that case the size is implied by the specified Linux keyring key.
885                                                   753 
886 - ``key_id`` is 0 if the raw key is given dire    754 - ``key_id`` is 0 if the raw key is given directly in the ``raw``
887   field.  Otherwise ``key_id`` is the ID of a     755   field.  Otherwise ``key_id`` is the ID of a Linux keyring key of
888   type "fscrypt-provisioning" whose payload is    756   type "fscrypt-provisioning" whose payload is
889   struct fscrypt_provisioning_key_payload whos    757   struct fscrypt_provisioning_key_payload whose ``raw`` field contains
890   the raw key and whose ``type`` field matches    758   the raw key and whose ``type`` field matches ``key_spec.type``.
891   Since ``raw`` is variable-length, the total     759   Since ``raw`` is variable-length, the total size of this key's
892   payload must be ``sizeof(struct fscrypt_prov    760   payload must be ``sizeof(struct fscrypt_provisioning_key_payload)``
893   plus the raw key size.  The process must hav    761   plus the raw key size.  The process must have Search permission on
894   this key.                                       762   this key.
895                                                   763 
896   Most users should leave this 0 and specify t    764   Most users should leave this 0 and specify the raw key directly.
897   The support for specifying a Linux keyring k    765   The support for specifying a Linux keyring key is intended mainly to
898   allow re-adding keys after a filesystem is u    766   allow re-adding keys after a filesystem is unmounted and re-mounted,
899   without having to store the raw keys in user    767   without having to store the raw keys in userspace memory.
900                                                   768 
901 - ``raw`` is a variable-length field which mus    769 - ``raw`` is a variable-length field which must contain the actual
902   key, ``raw_size`` bytes long.  Alternatively    770   key, ``raw_size`` bytes long.  Alternatively, if ``key_id`` is
903   nonzero, then this field is unused.             771   nonzero, then this field is unused.
904                                                   772 
905 For v2 policy keys, the kernel keeps track of     773 For v2 policy keys, the kernel keeps track of which user (identified
906 by effective user ID) added the key, and only     774 by effective user ID) added the key, and only allows the key to be
907 removed by that user --- or by "root", if they    775 removed by that user --- or by "root", if they use
908 `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS`_.        776 `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS`_.
909                                                   777 
910 However, if another user has added the key, it    778 However, if another user has added the key, it may be desirable to
911 prevent that other user from unexpectedly remo    779 prevent that other user from unexpectedly removing it.  Therefore,
912 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY may also be used to     780 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY may also be used to add a v2 policy key
913 *again*, even if it's already added by other u    781 *again*, even if it's already added by other user(s).  In this case,
914 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY will just install a     782 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY will just install a claim to the key for the
915 current user, rather than actually add the key    783 current user, rather than actually add the key again (but the raw key
916 must still be provided, as a proof of knowledg    784 must still be provided, as a proof of knowledge).
917                                                   785 
918 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY returns 0 if either     786 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY returns 0 if either the key or a claim to
919 the key was either added or already exists.       787 the key was either added or already exists.
920                                                   788 
921 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY can fail with the fo    789 FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY can fail with the following errors:
922                                                   790 
923 - ``EACCES``: FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR    791 - ``EACCES``: FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR was specified, but the
924   caller does not have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capab    792   caller does not have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the initial
925   user namespace; or the raw key was specified    793   user namespace; or the raw key was specified by Linux key ID but the
926   process lacks Search permission on the key.     794   process lacks Search permission on the key.
927 - ``EDQUOT``: the key quota for this user woul    795 - ``EDQUOT``: the key quota for this user would be exceeded by adding
928   the key                                         796   the key
929 - ``EINVAL``: invalid key size or key specifie    797 - ``EINVAL``: invalid key size or key specifier type, or reserved bits
930   were set                                        798   were set
931 - ``EKEYREJECTED``: the raw key was specified     799 - ``EKEYREJECTED``: the raw key was specified by Linux key ID, but the
932   key has the wrong type                          800   key has the wrong type
933 - ``ENOKEY``: the raw key was specified by Lin    801 - ``ENOKEY``: the raw key was specified by Linux key ID, but no key
934   exists with that ID                             802   exists with that ID
935 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not    803 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not implement encryption
936 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configure    804 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configured with encryption
937   support for this filesystem, or the filesyst    805   support for this filesystem, or the filesystem superblock has not
938   had encryption enabled on it                    806   had encryption enabled on it
939                                                   807 
940 Legacy method                                     808 Legacy method
941 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                     809 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
942                                                   810 
943 For v1 encryption policies, a master encryptio    811 For v1 encryption policies, a master encryption key can also be
944 provided by adding it to a process-subscribed     812 provided by adding it to a process-subscribed keyring, e.g. to a
945 session keyring, or to a user keyring if the u    813 session keyring, or to a user keyring if the user keyring is linked
946 into the session keyring.                         814 into the session keyring.
947                                                   815 
948 This method is deprecated (and not supported f    816 This method is deprecated (and not supported for v2 encryption
949 policies) for several reasons.  First, it cann    817 policies) for several reasons.  First, it cannot be used in
950 combination with FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY     818 combination with FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY (see `Removing keys`_),
951 so for removing a key a workaround such as key    819 so for removing a key a workaround such as keyctl_unlink() in
952 combination with ``sync; echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm    820 combination with ``sync; echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches`` would
953 have to be used.  Second, it doesn't match the    821 have to be used.  Second, it doesn't match the fact that the
954 locked/unlocked status of encrypted files (i.e    822 locked/unlocked status of encrypted files (i.e. whether they appear to
955 be in plaintext form or in ciphertext form) is    823 be in plaintext form or in ciphertext form) is global.  This mismatch
956 has caused much confusion as well as real prob    824 has caused much confusion as well as real problems when processes
957 running under different UIDs, such as a ``sudo    825 running under different UIDs, such as a ``sudo`` command, need to
958 access encrypted files.                           826 access encrypted files.
959                                                   827 
960 Nevertheless, to add a key to one of the proce    828 Nevertheless, to add a key to one of the process-subscribed keyrings,
961 the add_key() system call can be used (see:       829 the add_key() system call can be used (see:
962 ``Documentation/security/keys/core.rst``).  Th    830 ``Documentation/security/keys/core.rst``).  The key type must be
963 "logon"; keys of this type are kept in kernel     831 "logon"; keys of this type are kept in kernel memory and cannot be
964 read back by userspace.  The key description m    832 read back by userspace.  The key description must be "fscrypt:"
965 followed by the 16-character lower case hex re    833 followed by the 16-character lower case hex representation of the
966 ``master_key_descriptor`` that was set in the     834 ``master_key_descriptor`` that was set in the encryption policy.  The
967 key payload must conform to the following stru    835 key payload must conform to the following structure::
968                                                   836 
969     #define FSCRYPT_MAX_KEY_SIZE            64    837     #define FSCRYPT_MAX_KEY_SIZE            64
970                                                   838 
971     struct fscrypt_key {                          839     struct fscrypt_key {
972             __u32 mode;                           840             __u32 mode;
973             __u8 raw[FSCRYPT_MAX_KEY_SIZE];       841             __u8 raw[FSCRYPT_MAX_KEY_SIZE];
974             __u32 size;                           842             __u32 size;
975     };                                            843     };
976                                                   844 
977 ``mode`` is ignored; just set it to 0.  The ac    845 ``mode`` is ignored; just set it to 0.  The actual key is provided in
978 ``raw`` with ``size`` indicating its size in b    846 ``raw`` with ``size`` indicating its size in bytes.  That is, the
979 bytes ``raw[0..size-1]`` (inclusive) are the a    847 bytes ``raw[0..size-1]`` (inclusive) are the actual key.
980                                                   848 
981 The key description prefix "fscrypt:" may alte    849 The key description prefix "fscrypt:" may alternatively be replaced
982 with a filesystem-specific prefix such as "ext    850 with a filesystem-specific prefix such as "ext4:".  However, the
983 filesystem-specific prefixes are deprecated an    851 filesystem-specific prefixes are deprecated and should not be used in
984 new programs.                                     852 new programs.
985                                                   853 
986 Removing keys                                     854 Removing keys
987 -------------                                     855 -------------
988                                                   856 
989 Two ioctls are available for removing a key th    857 Two ioctls are available for removing a key that was added by
990 `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_:                     858 `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_:
991                                                   859 
992 - `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_                 860 - `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_
993 - `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS`_       861 - `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS`_
994                                                   862 
995 These two ioctls differ only in cases where v2    863 These two ioctls differ only in cases where v2 policy keys are added
996 or removed by non-root users.                     864 or removed by non-root users.
997                                                   865 
998 These ioctls don't work on keys that were adde    866 These ioctls don't work on keys that were added via the legacy
999 process-subscribed keyrings mechanism.            867 process-subscribed keyrings mechanism.
1000                                                  868 
1001 Before using these ioctls, read the `Kernel m    869 Before using these ioctls, read the `Kernel memory compromise`_
1002 section for a discussion of the security goal    870 section for a discussion of the security goals and limitations of
1003 these ioctls.                                    871 these ioctls.
1004                                                  872 
1005 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY                     873 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY
1006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                     874 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1007                                                  875 
1008 The FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl remove    876 The FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY ioctl removes a claim to a master
1009 encryption key from the filesystem, and possi    877 encryption key from the filesystem, and possibly removes the key
1010 itself.  It can be executed on any file or di    878 itself.  It can be executed on any file or directory on the target
1011 filesystem, but using the filesystem's root d    879 filesystem, but using the filesystem's root directory is recommended.
1012 It takes in a pointer to struct fscrypt_remov    880 It takes in a pointer to struct fscrypt_remove_key_arg, defined
1013 as follows::                                     881 as follows::
1014                                                  882 
1015     struct fscrypt_remove_key_arg {              883     struct fscrypt_remove_key_arg {
1016             struct fscrypt_key_specifier key_    884             struct fscrypt_key_specifier key_spec;
1017     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_F    885     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_FILES_BUSY      0x00000001
1018     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_O    886     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_OTHER_USERS     0x00000002
1019             __u32 removal_status_flags;     /    887             __u32 removal_status_flags;     /* output */
1020             __u32 __reserved[5];                 888             __u32 __reserved[5];
1021     };                                           889     };
1022                                                  890 
1023 This structure must be zeroed, then initializ    891 This structure must be zeroed, then initialized as follows:
1024                                                  892 
1025 - The key to remove is specified by ``key_spe    893 - The key to remove is specified by ``key_spec``:
1026                                                  894 
1027     - To remove a key used by v1 encryption p    895     - To remove a key used by v1 encryption policies, set
1028       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_T    896       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR and fill
1029       in ``key_spec.u.descriptor``.  To remov    897       in ``key_spec.u.descriptor``.  To remove this type of key, the
1030       calling process must have the CAP_SYS_A    898       calling process must have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the
1031       initial user namespace.                    899       initial user namespace.
1032                                                  900 
1033     - To remove a key used by v2 encryption p    901     - To remove a key used by v2 encryption policies, set
1034       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_T    902       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_IDENTIFIER and fill
1035       in ``key_spec.u.identifier``.              903       in ``key_spec.u.identifier``.
1036                                                  904 
1037 For v2 policy keys, this ioctl is usable by n    905 For v2 policy keys, this ioctl is usable by non-root users.  However,
1038 to make this possible, it actually just remov    906 to make this possible, it actually just removes the current user's
1039 claim to the key, undoing a single call to FS    907 claim to the key, undoing a single call to FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY.
1040 Only after all claims are removed is the key     908 Only after all claims are removed is the key really removed.
1041                                                  909 
1042 For example, if FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY was    910 For example, if FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY was called with uid 1000,
1043 then the key will be "claimed" by uid 1000, a    911 then the key will be "claimed" by uid 1000, and
1044 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY will only succee    912 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY will only succeed as uid 1000.  Or, if
1045 both uids 1000 and 2000 added the key, then f    913 both uids 1000 and 2000 added the key, then for each uid
1046 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY will only remove    914 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY will only remove their own claim.  Only
1047 once *both* are removed is the key really rem    915 once *both* are removed is the key really removed.  (Think of it like
1048 unlinking a file that may have hard links.)      916 unlinking a file that may have hard links.)
1049                                                  917 
1050 If FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY really remove    918 If FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY really removes the key, it will also
1051 try to "lock" all files that had been unlocke    919 try to "lock" all files that had been unlocked with the key.  It won't
1052 lock files that are still in-use, so this ioc    920 lock files that are still in-use, so this ioctl is expected to be used
1053 in cooperation with userspace ensuring that n    921 in cooperation with userspace ensuring that none of the files are
1054 still open.  However, if necessary, this ioct    922 still open.  However, if necessary, this ioctl can be executed again
1055 later to retry locking any remaining files.      923 later to retry locking any remaining files.
1056                                                  924 
1057 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY returns 0 if eit    925 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY returns 0 if either the key was removed
1058 (but may still have files remaining to be loc    926 (but may still have files remaining to be locked), the user's claim to
1059 the key was removed, or the key was already r    927 the key was removed, or the key was already removed but had files
1060 remaining to be the locked so the ioctl retri    928 remaining to be the locked so the ioctl retried locking them.  In any
1061 of these cases, ``removal_status_flags`` is f    929 of these cases, ``removal_status_flags`` is filled in with the
1062 following informational status flags:            930 following informational status flags:
1063                                                  931 
1064 - ``FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_FILES_BUS    932 - ``FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_FILES_BUSY``: set if some file(s)
1065   are still in-use.  Not guaranteed to be set    933   are still in-use.  Not guaranteed to be set in the case where only
1066   the user's claim to the key was removed.       934   the user's claim to the key was removed.
1067 - ``FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_OTHER_USE    935 - ``FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_OTHER_USERS``: set if only the
1068   user's claim to the key was removed, not th    936   user's claim to the key was removed, not the key itself
1069                                                  937 
1070 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY can fail with th    938 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY can fail with the following errors:
1071                                                  939 
1072 - ``EACCES``: The FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCR    940 - ``EACCES``: The FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR key specifier type
1073   was specified, but the caller does not have    941   was specified, but the caller does not have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN
1074   capability in the initial user namespace       942   capability in the initial user namespace
1075 - ``EINVAL``: invalid key specifier type, or     943 - ``EINVAL``: invalid key specifier type, or reserved bits were set
1076 - ``ENOKEY``: the key object was not found at    944 - ``ENOKEY``: the key object was not found at all, i.e. it was never
1077   added in the first place or was already ful    945   added in the first place or was already fully removed including all
1078   files locked; or, the user does not have a     946   files locked; or, the user does not have a claim to the key (but
1079   someone else does).                            947   someone else does).
1080 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does no    948 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not implement encryption
1081 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configur    949 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configured with encryption
1082   support for this filesystem, or the filesys    950   support for this filesystem, or the filesystem superblock has not
1083   had encryption enabled on it                   951   had encryption enabled on it
1084                                                  952 
1085 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS           953 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS
1086 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~           954 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1087                                                  955 
1088 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS is exa    956 FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS is exactly the same as
1089 `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_, except that     957 `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_, except that for v2 policy keys, the
1090 ALL_USERS version of the ioctl will remove al    958 ALL_USERS version of the ioctl will remove all users' claims to the
1091 key, not just the current user's.  I.e., the     959 key, not just the current user's.  I.e., the key itself will always be
1092 removed, no matter how many users have added     960 removed, no matter how many users have added it.  This difference is
1093 only meaningful if non-root users are adding     961 only meaningful if non-root users are adding and removing keys.
1094                                                  962 
1095 Because of this, FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY    963 Because of this, FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_ALL_USERS also requires
1096 "root", namely the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability i    964 "root", namely the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the initial user
1097 namespace.  Otherwise it will fail with EACCE    965 namespace.  Otherwise it will fail with EACCES.
1098                                                  966 
1099 Getting key status                               967 Getting key status
1100 ------------------                               968 ------------------
1101                                                  969 
1102 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS                 970 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS
1103 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                 971 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1104                                                  972 
1105 The FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS ioctl re    973 The FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS ioctl retrieves the status of a
1106 master encryption key.  It can be executed on    974 master encryption key.  It can be executed on any file or directory on
1107 the target filesystem, but using the filesyst    975 the target filesystem, but using the filesystem's root directory is
1108 recommended.  It takes in a pointer to           976 recommended.  It takes in a pointer to
1109 struct fscrypt_get_key_status_arg, defined as    977 struct fscrypt_get_key_status_arg, defined as follows::
1110                                                  978 
1111     struct fscrypt_get_key_status_arg {          979     struct fscrypt_get_key_status_arg {
1112             /* input */                          980             /* input */
1113             struct fscrypt_key_specifier key_    981             struct fscrypt_key_specifier key_spec;
1114             __u32 __reserved[6];                 982             __u32 __reserved[6];
1115                                                  983 
1116             /* output */                         984             /* output */
1117     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_ABSENT            985     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_ABSENT               1
1118     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_PRESENT           986     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_PRESENT              2
1119     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_INCOMPLETELY_R    987     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_INCOMPLETELY_REMOVED 3
1120             __u32 status;                        988             __u32 status;
1121     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_FLAG_ADDED_BY_    989     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_FLAG_ADDED_BY_SELF   0x00000001
1122             __u32 status_flags;                  990             __u32 status_flags;
1123             __u32 user_count;                    991             __u32 user_count;
1124             __u32 __out_reserved[13];            992             __u32 __out_reserved[13];
1125     };                                           993     };
1126                                                  994 
1127 The caller must zero all input fields, then f    995 The caller must zero all input fields, then fill in ``key_spec``:
1128                                                  996 
1129     - To get the status of a key for v1 encry    997     - To get the status of a key for v1 encryption policies, set
1130       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_T    998       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR and fill
1131       in ``key_spec.u.descriptor``.              999       in ``key_spec.u.descriptor``.
1132                                                  1000 
1133     - To get the status of a key for v2 encry    1001     - To get the status of a key for v2 encryption policies, set
1134       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_T    1002       ``key_spec.type`` to FSCRYPT_KEY_SPEC_TYPE_IDENTIFIER and fill
1135       in ``key_spec.u.identifier``.              1003       in ``key_spec.u.identifier``.
1136                                                  1004 
1137 On success, 0 is returned and the kernel fill    1005 On success, 0 is returned and the kernel fills in the output fields:
1138                                                  1006 
1139 - ``status`` indicates whether the key is abs    1007 - ``status`` indicates whether the key is absent, present, or
1140   incompletely removed.  Incompletely removed !! 1008   incompletely removed.  Incompletely removed means that the master
1141   been initiated, but some files are still in !! 1009   secret has been removed, but some files are still in use; i.e.,
1142   `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_ returned 0     1010   `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_ returned 0 but set the informational
1143   status flag FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG    1011   status flag FSCRYPT_KEY_REMOVAL_STATUS_FLAG_FILES_BUSY.
1144                                                  1012 
1145 - ``status_flags`` can contain the following     1013 - ``status_flags`` can contain the following flags:
1146                                                  1014 
1147     - ``FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_FLAG_ADDED_BY_SELF    1015     - ``FSCRYPT_KEY_STATUS_FLAG_ADDED_BY_SELF`` indicates that the key
1148       has added by the current user.  This is    1016       has added by the current user.  This is only set for keys
1149       identified by ``identifier`` rather tha    1017       identified by ``identifier`` rather than by ``descriptor``.
1150                                                  1018 
1151 - ``user_count`` specifies the number of user    1019 - ``user_count`` specifies the number of users who have added the key.
1152   This is only set for keys identified by ``i    1020   This is only set for keys identified by ``identifier`` rather than
1153   by ``descriptor``.                             1021   by ``descriptor``.
1154                                                  1022 
1155 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS can fail wit    1023 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS can fail with the following errors:
1156                                                  1024 
1157 - ``EINVAL``: invalid key specifier type, or     1025 - ``EINVAL``: invalid key specifier type, or reserved bits were set
1158 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does no    1026 - ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not implement encryption
1159 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configur    1027 - ``EOPNOTSUPP``: the kernel was not configured with encryption
1160   support for this filesystem, or the filesys    1028   support for this filesystem, or the filesystem superblock has not
1161   had encryption enabled on it                   1029   had encryption enabled on it
1162                                                  1030 
1163 Among other use cases, FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_    1031 Among other use cases, FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS can be useful
1164 for determining whether the key for a given e    1032 for determining whether the key for a given encrypted directory needs
1165 to be added before prompting the user for the    1033 to be added before prompting the user for the passphrase needed to
1166 derive the key.                                  1034 derive the key.
1167                                                  1035 
1168 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS can only get    1036 FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_KEY_STATUS can only get the status of keys in
1169 the filesystem-level keyring, i.e. the keyrin    1037 the filesystem-level keyring, i.e. the keyring managed by
1170 `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_ and `FS_IOC_REMO    1038 `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_ and `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`_.  It
1171 cannot get the status of a key that has only     1039 cannot get the status of a key that has only been added for use by v1
1172 encryption policies using the legacy mechanis    1040 encryption policies using the legacy mechanism involving
1173 process-subscribed keyrings.                     1041 process-subscribed keyrings.
1174                                                  1042 
1175 Access semantics                                 1043 Access semantics
1176 ================                                 1044 ================
1177                                                  1045 
1178 With the key                                     1046 With the key
1179 ------------                                     1047 ------------
1180                                                  1048 
1181 With the encryption key, encrypted regular fi    1049 With the encryption key, encrypted regular files, directories, and
1182 symlinks behave very similarly to their unenc    1050 symlinks behave very similarly to their unencrypted counterparts ---
1183 after all, the encryption is intended to be t    1051 after all, the encryption is intended to be transparent.  However,
1184 astute users may notice some differences in b    1052 astute users may notice some differences in behavior:
1185                                                  1053 
1186 - Unencrypted files, or files encrypted with     1054 - Unencrypted files, or files encrypted with a different encryption
1187   policy (i.e. different key, modes, or flags    1055   policy (i.e. different key, modes, or flags), cannot be renamed or
1188   linked into an encrypted directory; see `En    1056   linked into an encrypted directory; see `Encryption policy
1189   enforcement`_.  Attempts to do so will fail    1057   enforcement`_.  Attempts to do so will fail with EXDEV.  However,
1190   encrypted files can be renamed within an en    1058   encrypted files can be renamed within an encrypted directory, or
1191   into an unencrypted directory.                 1059   into an unencrypted directory.
1192                                                  1060 
1193   Note: "moving" an unencrypted file into an     1061   Note: "moving" an unencrypted file into an encrypted directory, e.g.
1194   with the `mv` program, is implemented in us    1062   with the `mv` program, is implemented in userspace by a copy
1195   followed by a delete.  Be aware that the or    1063   followed by a delete.  Be aware that the original unencrypted data
1196   may remain recoverable from free space on t    1064   may remain recoverable from free space on the disk; prefer to keep
1197   all files encrypted from the very beginning    1065   all files encrypted from the very beginning.  The `shred` program
1198   may be used to overwrite the source files b    1066   may be used to overwrite the source files but isn't guaranteed to be
1199   effective on all filesystems and storage de    1067   effective on all filesystems and storage devices.
1200                                                  1068 
1201 - Direct I/O is supported on encrypted files     1069 - Direct I/O is supported on encrypted files only under some
1202   circumstances.  For details, see `Direct I/    1070   circumstances.  For details, see `Direct I/O support`_.
1203                                                  1071 
1204 - The fallocate operations FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE    1072 - The fallocate operations FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE and
1205   FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE are not supported on    1073   FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE are not supported on encrypted files and will
1206   fail with EOPNOTSUPP.                          1074   fail with EOPNOTSUPP.
1207                                                  1075 
1208 - Online defragmentation of encrypted files i    1076 - Online defragmentation of encrypted files is not supported.  The
1209   EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT and F2FS_IOC_MOVE_RANGE i    1077   EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT and F2FS_IOC_MOVE_RANGE ioctls will fail with
1210   EOPNOTSUPP.                                    1078   EOPNOTSUPP.
1211                                                  1079 
1212 - The ext4 filesystem does not support data j    1080 - The ext4 filesystem does not support data journaling with encrypted
1213   regular files.  It will fall back to ordere    1081   regular files.  It will fall back to ordered data mode instead.
1214                                                  1082 
1215 - DAX (Direct Access) is not supported on enc    1083 - DAX (Direct Access) is not supported on encrypted files.
1216                                                  1084 
1217 - The maximum length of an encrypted symlink     1085 - The maximum length of an encrypted symlink is 2 bytes shorter than
1218   the maximum length of an unencrypted symlin    1086   the maximum length of an unencrypted symlink.  For example, on an
1219   EXT4 filesystem with a 4K block size, unenc    1087   EXT4 filesystem with a 4K block size, unencrypted symlinks can be up
1220   to 4095 bytes long, while encrypted symlink    1088   to 4095 bytes long, while encrypted symlinks can only be up to 4093
1221   bytes long (both lengths excluding the term    1089   bytes long (both lengths excluding the terminating null).
1222                                                  1090 
1223 Note that mmap *is* supported.  This is possi    1091 Note that mmap *is* supported.  This is possible because the pagecache
1224 for an encrypted file contains the plaintext,    1092 for an encrypted file contains the plaintext, not the ciphertext.
1225                                                  1093 
1226 Without the key                                  1094 Without the key
1227 ---------------                                  1095 ---------------
1228                                                  1096 
1229 Some filesystem operations may be performed o    1097 Some filesystem operations may be performed on encrypted regular
1230 files, directories, and symlinks even before     1098 files, directories, and symlinks even before their encryption key has
1231 been added, or after their encryption key has    1099 been added, or after their encryption key has been removed:
1232                                                  1100 
1233 - File metadata may be read, e.g. using stat(    1101 - File metadata may be read, e.g. using stat().
1234                                                  1102 
1235 - Directories may be listed, in which case th    1103 - Directories may be listed, in which case the filenames will be
1236   listed in an encoded form derived from thei    1104   listed in an encoded form derived from their ciphertext.  The
1237   current encoding algorithm is described in     1105   current encoding algorithm is described in `Filename hashing and
1238   encoding`_.  The algorithm is subject to ch    1106   encoding`_.  The algorithm is subject to change, but it is
1239   guaranteed that the presented filenames wil    1107   guaranteed that the presented filenames will be no longer than
1240   NAME_MAX bytes, will not contain the ``/``     1108   NAME_MAX bytes, will not contain the ``/`` or ``\0`` characters, and
1241   will uniquely identify directory entries.      1109   will uniquely identify directory entries.
1242                                                  1110 
1243   The ``.`` and ``..`` directory entries are     1111   The ``.`` and ``..`` directory entries are special.  They are always
1244   present and are not encrypted or encoded.      1112   present and are not encrypted or encoded.
1245                                                  1113 
1246 - Files may be deleted.  That is, nondirector    1114 - Files may be deleted.  That is, nondirectory files may be deleted
1247   with unlink() as usual, and empty directori    1115   with unlink() as usual, and empty directories may be deleted with
1248   rmdir() as usual.  Therefore, ``rm`` and ``    1116   rmdir() as usual.  Therefore, ``rm`` and ``rm -r`` will work as
1249   expected.                                      1117   expected.
1250                                                  1118 
1251 - Symlink targets may be read and followed, b    1119 - Symlink targets may be read and followed, but they will be presented
1252   in encrypted form, similar to filenames in     1120   in encrypted form, similar to filenames in directories.  Hence, they
1253   are unlikely to point to anywhere useful.      1121   are unlikely to point to anywhere useful.
1254                                                  1122 
1255 Without the key, regular files cannot be open    1123 Without the key, regular files cannot be opened or truncated.
1256 Attempts to do so will fail with ENOKEY.  Thi    1124 Attempts to do so will fail with ENOKEY.  This implies that any
1257 regular file operations that require a file d    1125 regular file operations that require a file descriptor, such as
1258 read(), write(), mmap(), fallocate(), and ioc    1126 read(), write(), mmap(), fallocate(), and ioctl(), are also forbidden.
1259                                                  1127 
1260 Also without the key, files of any type (incl    1128 Also without the key, files of any type (including directories) cannot
1261 be created or linked into an encrypted direct    1129 be created or linked into an encrypted directory, nor can a name in an
1262 encrypted directory be the source or target o    1130 encrypted directory be the source or target of a rename, nor can an
1263 O_TMPFILE temporary file be created in an enc    1131 O_TMPFILE temporary file be created in an encrypted directory.  All
1264 such operations will fail with ENOKEY.           1132 such operations will fail with ENOKEY.
1265                                                  1133 
1266 It is not currently possible to backup and re    1134 It is not currently possible to backup and restore encrypted files
1267 without the encryption key.  This would requi    1135 without the encryption key.  This would require special APIs which
1268 have not yet been implemented.                   1136 have not yet been implemented.
1269                                                  1137 
1270 Encryption policy enforcement                    1138 Encryption policy enforcement
1271 =============================                    1139 =============================
1272                                                  1140 
1273 After an encryption policy has been set on a     1141 After an encryption policy has been set on a directory, all regular
1274 files, directories, and symbolic links create    1142 files, directories, and symbolic links created in that directory
1275 (recursively) will inherit that encryption po    1143 (recursively) will inherit that encryption policy.  Special files ---
1276 that is, named pipes, device nodes, and UNIX     1144 that is, named pipes, device nodes, and UNIX domain sockets --- will
1277 not be encrypted.                                1145 not be encrypted.
1278                                                  1146 
1279 Except for those special files, it is forbidd    1147 Except for those special files, it is forbidden to have unencrypted
1280 files, or files encrypted with a different en    1148 files, or files encrypted with a different encryption policy, in an
1281 encrypted directory tree.  Attempts to link o    1149 encrypted directory tree.  Attempts to link or rename such a file into
1282 an encrypted directory will fail with EXDEV.     1150 an encrypted directory will fail with EXDEV.  This is also enforced
1283 during ->lookup() to provide limited protecti    1151 during ->lookup() to provide limited protection against offline
1284 attacks that try to disable or downgrade encr    1152 attacks that try to disable or downgrade encryption in known locations
1285 where applications may later write sensitive     1153 where applications may later write sensitive data.  It is recommended
1286 that systems implementing a form of "verified    1154 that systems implementing a form of "verified boot" take advantage of
1287 this by validating all top-level encryption p    1155 this by validating all top-level encryption policies prior to access.
1288                                                  1156 
1289 Inline encryption support                        1157 Inline encryption support
1290 =========================                        1158 =========================
1291                                                  1159 
1292 By default, fscrypt uses the kernel crypto AP    1160 By default, fscrypt uses the kernel crypto API for all cryptographic
1293 operations (other than HKDF, which fscrypt pa    1161 operations (other than HKDF, which fscrypt partially implements
1294 itself).  The kernel crypto API supports hard    1162 itself).  The kernel crypto API supports hardware crypto accelerators,
1295 but only ones that work in the traditional wa    1163 but only ones that work in the traditional way where all inputs and
1296 outputs (e.g. plaintexts and ciphertexts) are    1164 outputs (e.g. plaintexts and ciphertexts) are in memory.  fscrypt can
1297 take advantage of such hardware, but the trad    1165 take advantage of such hardware, but the traditional acceleration
1298 model isn't particularly efficient and fscryp    1166 model isn't particularly efficient and fscrypt hasn't been optimized
1299 for it.                                          1167 for it.
1300                                                  1168 
1301 Instead, many newer systems (especially mobil    1169 Instead, many newer systems (especially mobile SoCs) have *inline
1302 encryption hardware* that can encrypt/decrypt    1170 encryption hardware* that can encrypt/decrypt data while it is on its
1303 way to/from the storage device.  Linux suppor    1171 way to/from the storage device.  Linux supports inline encryption
1304 through a set of extensions to the block laye    1172 through a set of extensions to the block layer called *blk-crypto*.
1305 blk-crypto allows filesystems to attach encry    1173 blk-crypto allows filesystems to attach encryption contexts to bios
1306 (I/O requests) to specify how the data will b    1174 (I/O requests) to specify how the data will be encrypted or decrypted
1307 in-line.  For more information about blk-cryp    1175 in-line.  For more information about blk-crypto, see
1308 :ref:`Documentation/block/inline-encryption.r    1176 :ref:`Documentation/block/inline-encryption.rst <inline_encryption>`.
1309                                                  1177 
1310 On supported filesystems (currently ext4 and     1178 On supported filesystems (currently ext4 and f2fs), fscrypt can use
1311 blk-crypto instead of the kernel crypto API t    1179 blk-crypto instead of the kernel crypto API to encrypt/decrypt file
1312 contents.  To enable this, set CONFIG_FS_ENCR    1180 contents.  To enable this, set CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION_INLINE_CRYPT=y in
1313 the kernel configuration, and specify the "in    1181 the kernel configuration, and specify the "inlinecrypt" mount option
1314 when mounting the filesystem.                    1182 when mounting the filesystem.
1315                                                  1183 
1316 Note that the "inlinecrypt" mount option just    1184 Note that the "inlinecrypt" mount option just specifies to use inline
1317 encryption when possible; it doesn't force it    1185 encryption when possible; it doesn't force its use.  fscrypt will
1318 still fall back to using the kernel crypto AP    1186 still fall back to using the kernel crypto API on files where the
1319 inline encryption hardware doesn't have the n    1187 inline encryption hardware doesn't have the needed crypto capabilities
1320 (e.g. support for the needed encryption algor    1188 (e.g. support for the needed encryption algorithm and data unit size)
1321 and where blk-crypto-fallback is unusable.  (    1189 and where blk-crypto-fallback is unusable.  (For blk-crypto-fallback
1322 to be usable, it must be enabled in the kerne    1190 to be usable, it must be enabled in the kernel configuration with
1323 CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK=y.)        1191 CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK=y.)
1324                                                  1192 
1325 Currently fscrypt always uses the filesystem     1193 Currently fscrypt always uses the filesystem block size (which is
1326 usually 4096 bytes) as the data unit size.  T    1194 usually 4096 bytes) as the data unit size.  Therefore, it can only use
1327 inline encryption hardware that supports that    1195 inline encryption hardware that supports that data unit size.
1328                                                  1196 
1329 Inline encryption doesn't affect the cipherte    1197 Inline encryption doesn't affect the ciphertext or other aspects of
1330 the on-disk format, so users may freely switc    1198 the on-disk format, so users may freely switch back and forth between
1331 using "inlinecrypt" and not using "inlinecryp    1199 using "inlinecrypt" and not using "inlinecrypt".
1332                                                  1200 
1333 Direct I/O support                               1201 Direct I/O support
1334 ==================                               1202 ==================
1335                                                  1203 
1336 For direct I/O on an encrypted file to work,     1204 For direct I/O on an encrypted file to work, the following conditions
1337 must be met (in addition to the conditions fo    1205 must be met (in addition to the conditions for direct I/O on an
1338 unencrypted file):                               1206 unencrypted file):
1339                                                  1207 
1340 * The file must be using inline encryption.      1208 * The file must be using inline encryption.  Usually this means that
1341   the filesystem must be mounted with ``-o in    1209   the filesystem must be mounted with ``-o inlinecrypt`` and inline
1342   encryption hardware must be present.  Howev    1210   encryption hardware must be present.  However, a software fallback
1343   is also available.  For details, see `Inlin    1211   is also available.  For details, see `Inline encryption support`_.
1344                                                  1212 
1345 * The I/O request must be fully aligned to th    1213 * The I/O request must be fully aligned to the filesystem block size.
1346   This means that the file position the I/O i    1214   This means that the file position the I/O is targeting, the lengths
1347   of all I/O segments, and the memory address    1215   of all I/O segments, and the memory addresses of all I/O buffers
1348   must be multiples of this value.  Note that    1216   must be multiples of this value.  Note that the filesystem block
1349   size may be greater than the logical block     1217   size may be greater than the logical block size of the block device.
1350                                                  1218 
1351 If either of the above conditions is not met,    1219 If either of the above conditions is not met, then direct I/O on the
1352 encrypted file will fall back to buffered I/O    1220 encrypted file will fall back to buffered I/O.
1353                                                  1221 
1354 Implementation details                           1222 Implementation details
1355 ======================                           1223 ======================
1356                                                  1224 
1357 Encryption context                               1225 Encryption context
1358 ------------------                               1226 ------------------
1359                                                  1227 
1360 An encryption policy is represented on-disk b    1228 An encryption policy is represented on-disk by
1361 struct fscrypt_context_v1 or struct fscrypt_c    1229 struct fscrypt_context_v1 or struct fscrypt_context_v2.  It is up to
1362 individual filesystems to decide where to sto    1230 individual filesystems to decide where to store it, but normally it
1363 would be stored in a hidden extended attribut    1231 would be stored in a hidden extended attribute.  It should *not* be
1364 exposed by the xattr-related system calls suc    1232 exposed by the xattr-related system calls such as getxattr() and
1365 setxattr() because of the special semantics o    1233 setxattr() because of the special semantics of the encryption xattr.
1366 (In particular, there would be much confusion    1234 (In particular, there would be much confusion if an encryption policy
1367 were to be added to or removed from anything     1235 were to be added to or removed from anything other than an empty
1368 directory.)  These structs are defined as fol    1236 directory.)  These structs are defined as follows::
1369                                                  1237 
1370     #define FSCRYPT_FILE_NONCE_SIZE 16           1238     #define FSCRYPT_FILE_NONCE_SIZE 16
1371                                                  1239 
1372     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE  8       1240     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE  8
1373     struct fscrypt_context_v1 {                  1241     struct fscrypt_context_v1 {
1374             u8 version;                          1242             u8 version;
1375             u8 contents_encryption_mode;         1243             u8 contents_encryption_mode;
1376             u8 filenames_encryption_mode;        1244             u8 filenames_encryption_mode;
1377             u8 flags;                            1245             u8 flags;
1378             u8 master_key_descriptor[FSCRYPT_    1246             u8 master_key_descriptor[FSCRYPT_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE];
1379             u8 nonce[FSCRYPT_FILE_NONCE_SIZE]    1247             u8 nonce[FSCRYPT_FILE_NONCE_SIZE];
1380     };                                           1248     };
1381                                                  1249 
1382     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE  16      1250     #define FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE  16
1383     struct fscrypt_context_v2 {                  1251     struct fscrypt_context_v2 {
1384             u8 version;                          1252             u8 version;
1385             u8 contents_encryption_mode;         1253             u8 contents_encryption_mode;
1386             u8 filenames_encryption_mode;        1254             u8 filenames_encryption_mode;
1387             u8 flags;                            1255             u8 flags;
1388             u8 log2_data_unit_size;           !! 1256             u8 __reserved[4];
1389             u8 __reserved[3];                 << 
1390             u8 master_key_identifier[FSCRYPT_    1257             u8 master_key_identifier[FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE];
1391             u8 nonce[FSCRYPT_FILE_NONCE_SIZE]    1258             u8 nonce[FSCRYPT_FILE_NONCE_SIZE];
1392     };                                           1259     };
1393                                                  1260 
1394 The context structs contain the same informat    1261 The context structs contain the same information as the corresponding
1395 policy structs (see `Setting an encryption po    1262 policy structs (see `Setting an encryption policy`_), except that the
1396 context structs also contain a nonce.  The no    1263 context structs also contain a nonce.  The nonce is randomly generated
1397 by the kernel and is used as KDF input or as     1264 by the kernel and is used as KDF input or as a tweak to cause
1398 different files to be encrypted differently;     1265 different files to be encrypted differently; see `Per-file encryption
1399 keys`_ and `DIRECT_KEY policies`_.               1266 keys`_ and `DIRECT_KEY policies`_.
1400                                                  1267 
1401 Data path changes                                1268 Data path changes
1402 -----------------                                1269 -----------------
1403                                                  1270 
1404 When inline encryption is used, filesystems j    1271 When inline encryption is used, filesystems just need to associate
1405 encryption contexts with bios to specify how     1272 encryption contexts with bios to specify how the block layer or the
1406 inline encryption hardware will encrypt/decry    1273 inline encryption hardware will encrypt/decrypt the file contents.
1407                                                  1274 
1408 When inline encryption isn't used, filesystem    1275 When inline encryption isn't used, filesystems must encrypt/decrypt
1409 the file contents themselves, as described be    1276 the file contents themselves, as described below:
1410                                                  1277 
1411 For the read path (->read_folio()) of regular    1278 For the read path (->read_folio()) of regular files, filesystems can
1412 read the ciphertext into the page cache and d    1279 read the ciphertext into the page cache and decrypt it in-place.  The
1413 folio lock must be held until decryption has     1280 folio lock must be held until decryption has finished, to prevent the
1414 folio from becoming visible to userspace prem    1281 folio from becoming visible to userspace prematurely.
1415                                                  1282 
1416 For the write path (->writepage()) of regular    1283 For the write path (->writepage()) of regular files, filesystems
1417 cannot encrypt data in-place in the page cach    1284 cannot encrypt data in-place in the page cache, since the cached
1418 plaintext must be preserved.  Instead, filesy    1285 plaintext must be preserved.  Instead, filesystems must encrypt into a
1419 temporary buffer or "bounce page", then write    1286 temporary buffer or "bounce page", then write out the temporary
1420 buffer.  Some filesystems, such as UBIFS, alr    1287 buffer.  Some filesystems, such as UBIFS, already use temporary
1421 buffers regardless of encryption.  Other file    1288 buffers regardless of encryption.  Other filesystems, such as ext4 and
1422 F2FS, have to allocate bounce pages specially    1289 F2FS, have to allocate bounce pages specially for encryption.
1423                                                  1290 
1424 Filename hashing and encoding                    1291 Filename hashing and encoding
1425 -----------------------------                    1292 -----------------------------
1426                                                  1293 
1427 Modern filesystems accelerate directory looku    1294 Modern filesystems accelerate directory lookups by using indexed
1428 directories.  An indexed directory is organiz    1295 directories.  An indexed directory is organized as a tree keyed by
1429 filename hashes.  When a ->lookup() is reques    1296 filename hashes.  When a ->lookup() is requested, the filesystem
1430 normally hashes the filename being looked up     1297 normally hashes the filename being looked up so that it can quickly
1431 find the corresponding directory entry, if an    1298 find the corresponding directory entry, if any.
1432                                                  1299 
1433 With encryption, lookups must be supported an    1300 With encryption, lookups must be supported and efficient both with and
1434 without the encryption key.  Clearly, it woul    1301 without the encryption key.  Clearly, it would not work to hash the
1435 plaintext filenames, since the plaintext file    1302 plaintext filenames, since the plaintext filenames are unavailable
1436 without the key.  (Hashing the plaintext file    1303 without the key.  (Hashing the plaintext filenames would also make it
1437 impossible for the filesystem's fsck tool to     1304 impossible for the filesystem's fsck tool to optimize encrypted
1438 directories.)  Instead, filesystems hash the     1305 directories.)  Instead, filesystems hash the ciphertext filenames,
1439 i.e. the bytes actually stored on-disk in the    1306 i.e. the bytes actually stored on-disk in the directory entries.  When
1440 asked to do a ->lookup() with the key, the fi    1307 asked to do a ->lookup() with the key, the filesystem just encrypts
1441 the user-supplied name to get the ciphertext.    1308 the user-supplied name to get the ciphertext.
1442                                                  1309 
1443 Lookups without the key are more complicated.    1310 Lookups without the key are more complicated.  The raw ciphertext may
1444 contain the ``\0`` and ``/`` characters, whic    1311 contain the ``\0`` and ``/`` characters, which are illegal in
1445 filenames.  Therefore, readdir() must base64u    1312 filenames.  Therefore, readdir() must base64url-encode the ciphertext
1446 for presentation.  For most filenames, this w    1313 for presentation.  For most filenames, this works fine; on ->lookup(),
1447 the filesystem just base64url-decodes the use    1314 the filesystem just base64url-decodes the user-supplied name to get
1448 back to the raw ciphertext.                      1315 back to the raw ciphertext.
1449                                                  1316 
1450 However, for very long filenames, base64url e    1317 However, for very long filenames, base64url encoding would cause the
1451 filename length to exceed NAME_MAX.  To preve    1318 filename length to exceed NAME_MAX.  To prevent this, readdir()
1452 actually presents long filenames in an abbrev    1319 actually presents long filenames in an abbreviated form which encodes
1453 a strong "hash" of the ciphertext filename, a    1320 a strong "hash" of the ciphertext filename, along with the optional
1454 filesystem-specific hash(es) needed for direc    1321 filesystem-specific hash(es) needed for directory lookups.  This
1455 allows the filesystem to still, with a high d    1322 allows the filesystem to still, with a high degree of confidence, map
1456 the filename given in ->lookup() back to a pa    1323 the filename given in ->lookup() back to a particular directory entry
1457 that was previously listed by readdir().  See    1324 that was previously listed by readdir().  See
1458 struct fscrypt_nokey_name in the source for m    1325 struct fscrypt_nokey_name in the source for more details.
1459                                                  1326 
1460 Note that the precise way that filenames are     1327 Note that the precise way that filenames are presented to userspace
1461 without the key is subject to change in the f    1328 without the key is subject to change in the future.  It is only meant
1462 as a way to temporarily present valid filenam    1329 as a way to temporarily present valid filenames so that commands like
1463 ``rm -r`` work as expected on encrypted direc    1330 ``rm -r`` work as expected on encrypted directories.
1464                                                  1331 
1465 Tests                                            1332 Tests
1466 =====                                            1333 =====
1467                                                  1334 
1468 To test fscrypt, use xfstests, which is Linux    1335 To test fscrypt, use xfstests, which is Linux's de facto standard
1469 filesystem test suite.  First, run all the te    1336 filesystem test suite.  First, run all the tests in the "encrypt"
1470 group on the relevant filesystem(s).  One can    1337 group on the relevant filesystem(s).  One can also run the tests
1471 with the 'inlinecrypt' mount option to test t    1338 with the 'inlinecrypt' mount option to test the implementation for
1472 inline encryption support.  For example, to t    1339 inline encryption support.  For example, to test ext4 and
1473 f2fs encryption using `kvm-xfstests              1340 f2fs encryption using `kvm-xfstests
1474 <https://github.com/tytso/xfstests-bld/blob/m    1341 <https://github.com/tytso/xfstests-bld/blob/master/Documentation/kvm-quickstart.md>`_::
1475                                                  1342 
1476     kvm-xfstests -c ext4,f2fs -g encrypt         1343     kvm-xfstests -c ext4,f2fs -g encrypt
1477     kvm-xfstests -c ext4,f2fs -g encrypt -m i    1344     kvm-xfstests -c ext4,f2fs -g encrypt -m inlinecrypt
1478                                                  1345 
1479 UBIFS encryption can also be tested this way,    1346 UBIFS encryption can also be tested this way, but it should be done in
1480 a separate command, and it takes some time fo    1347 a separate command, and it takes some time for kvm-xfstests to set up
1481 emulated UBI volumes::                           1348 emulated UBI volumes::
1482                                                  1349 
1483     kvm-xfstests -c ubifs -g encrypt             1350     kvm-xfstests -c ubifs -g encrypt
1484                                                  1351 
1485 No tests should fail.  However, tests that us    1352 No tests should fail.  However, tests that use non-default encryption
1486 modes (e.g. generic/549 and generic/550) will    1353 modes (e.g. generic/549 and generic/550) will be skipped if the needed
1487 algorithms were not built into the kernel's c    1354 algorithms were not built into the kernel's crypto API.  Also, tests
1488 that access the raw block device (e.g. generi    1355 that access the raw block device (e.g. generic/399, generic/548,
1489 generic/549, generic/550) will be skipped on     1356 generic/549, generic/550) will be skipped on UBIFS.
1490                                                  1357 
1491 Besides running the "encrypt" group tests, fo    1358 Besides running the "encrypt" group tests, for ext4 and f2fs it's also
1492 possible to run most xfstests with the "test_    1359 possible to run most xfstests with the "test_dummy_encryption" mount
1493 option.  This option causes all new files to     1360 option.  This option causes all new files to be automatically
1494 encrypted with a dummy key, without having to    1361 encrypted with a dummy key, without having to make any API calls.
1495 This tests the encrypted I/O paths more thoro    1362 This tests the encrypted I/O paths more thoroughly.  To do this with
1496 kvm-xfstests, use the "encrypt" filesystem co    1363 kvm-xfstests, use the "encrypt" filesystem configuration::
1497                                                  1364 
1498     kvm-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt    1365     kvm-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt -g auto
1499     kvm-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt    1366     kvm-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt -g auto -m inlinecrypt
1500                                                  1367 
1501 Because this runs many more tests than "-g en    1368 Because this runs many more tests than "-g encrypt" does, it takes
1502 much longer to run; so also consider using `g    1369 much longer to run; so also consider using `gce-xfstests
1503 <https://github.com/tytso/xfstests-bld/blob/m    1370 <https://github.com/tytso/xfstests-bld/blob/master/Documentation/gce-xfstests.md>`_
1504 instead of kvm-xfstests::                        1371 instead of kvm-xfstests::
1505                                                  1372 
1506     gce-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt    1373     gce-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt -g auto
1507     gce-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt    1374     gce-xfstests -c ext4/encrypt,f2fs/encrypt -g auto -m inlinecrypt
                                                      

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