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[v3,09/12] cryptodev: clarify usage of rsa padding hash

Message ID 20220530143159.13672-10-arkadiuszx.kusztal@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: akhil goyal
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Series cryptodev: rsa, dh, ecdh changes |

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Arkadiusz Kusztal May 30, 2022, 2:31 p.m. UTC 
  - Clarified usage of RSA padding hash.
It was not specified how to use hash for PKCS1_5
padding. This could lead to incorrect implementation.

Signed-off-by: Arek Kusztal <arkadiuszx.kusztal@intel.com>
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 lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
index a215f4499d..363fbf87c7 100644
--- a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
+++ b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
@@ -395,10 +395,29 @@  struct rte_crypto_rsa_op_param {
 	/**< RSA padding scheme to be used for transform */
 
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm md;
-	/**< Hash algorithm to be used for data hash if padding
-	 * scheme is either OAEP or PSS. Valid hash algorithms
-	 * are:
+	/**<
+	 * RSA padding hash algorithm
+	 * Valid hash algorithms are:
 	 * MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
+	 *
+	 * When a specific padding type is selected, the following rule apply:
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_NONE:
+	 * This field is ignored by the PMD
+	 *
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PKCS1_5:
+	 * For sign operation, this field is used to determine value
+	 * of the DigestInfo structure, therefore specifying which algorithm
+	 * was used to create the message digest.
+	 * For encryption/decryption, this field is ignored for this
+	 * padding type.
+	 *
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_OAEP
+	 * This field shall be set with the hash algorithm used
+	 * in the padding scheme
+	 *
+	 * - RTE_CRYPTO_RSA_PADDING_PSS
+	 * This field shall be set with the hash algorithm used
+	 * in the padding scheme (and to create the input message digest)
 	 */
 
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm mgf1md;