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Re: [PATCH 3/4] Deprecate DES encryption functions.
On 05/06/2018 07:51 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
+* The functions 'encrypt', 'encrypt_r', 'setkey', 'setkey_r', 'cbc_crypt',
+ 'ecb_crypt', and 'des_setparity' are deprecated. They encrypt and decrypt
+ data with the DES block cipher, which is no longer considered secure.
+ Also, encrypt, encrypt_r, setkey, and setkey_r require awkward pre- and
+ post-processing of the encryption key and data to be encrypted, and
+ encrypt and setkey are not thread-safe. Software that still uses these
+ functions should switch to a modern cryptography library, such as GnuTLS.
GNUTLS is no longer part of the GNU project. You should recommend
libgcrypt instead.
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
[Add changes to build and runtime requirements here]
diff --git a/crypt/Makefile b/crypt/Makefile
index 303800df73..e122bcebf0 100644
--- a/crypt/Makefile
+++ b/crypt/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ libcrypt-routines := crypt-entry md5-crypt sha256-crypt sha512-crypt crypt \
tests := cert md5c-test sha256c-test sha512c-test badsalttest
+# cert.c tests the deprecated setkey/encrypt interface
+CFLAGS-cert.c = -Wno-deprecated-declarations
Okay.
ifeq ($(crypt-in-libc),yes)
routines += $(libcrypt-routines)
endif
diff --git a/crypt/crypt.h b/crypt/crypt.h
index 5da098b715..22cf13ff89 100644
--- a/crypt/crypt.h
+++ b/crypt/crypt.h
@@ -32,13 +32,18 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
extern char *crypt (const char *__key, const char *__salt)
__THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
-/* Setup DES tables according KEY. */
-extern void setkey (const char *__key) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
+/* Set the encryption key for subsequent calls to 'encrypt'.
+ This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
+ it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards. */
+extern void setkey (const char *__key)
+ __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
/* Encrypt data in BLOCK in place if EDFLAG is zero; otherwise decrypt
- block in place. */
+ block in place. The key is controlled by 'setkey'.
+ This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
+ it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards. */
extern void encrypt (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag)
- __THROW __nonnull ((1));
+ __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
#ifdef __USE_GNU
/* Reentrant versions of the functions above. The additional argument
@@ -63,11 +68,11 @@ extern char *crypt_r (const char *__key, const char *__salt,
extern void setkey_r (const char *__key,
struct crypt_data * __restrict __data)
- __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
+ __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2)) __attribute_deprecated__;
extern void encrypt_r (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag,
struct crypt_data * __restrict __data)
- __THROW __nonnull ((1, 3));
+ __THROW __nonnull ((1, 3)) __attribute_deprecated__;
#endif
Okay.
__END_DECLS
diff --git a/posix/unistd.h b/posix/unistd.h
index 4d149f9945..5d4e07f6c8 100644
--- a/posix/unistd.h
+++ b/posix/unistd.h
@@ -1127,10 +1127,12 @@ extern char *crypt (const char *__key, const char *__salt)
__THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
/* Encrypt data in BLOCK in place if EDFLAG is zero; otherwise decrypt
- block in place. */
-extern void encrypt (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag)
- __THROW __nonnull ((1));
+ block in place. The key is controlled by 'setkey', in stdlib.h.
+ This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
+ it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards. */
+extern void encrypt (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag)
+ __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
Okay.
/* Swab pairs bytes in the first N bytes of the area pointed to by
FROM and copy the result to TO. The value of TO must not be in the
diff --git a/stdlib/stdlib.h b/stdlib/stdlib.h
index 6b1ead31e0..5b104bcc51 100644
--- a/stdlib/stdlib.h
+++ b/stdlib/stdlib.h
@@ -959,8 +959,13 @@ extern int getsubopt (char **__restrict __optionp,
#ifdef __USE_XOPEN
-/* Setup DES tables according KEY. */
-extern void setkey (const char *__key) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
+/* Set the encryption key for subsequent calls to 'encrypt', which is
+ declared in unistd.h.
+
+ This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
+ it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards. */
+extern void setkey (const char *__key)
+ __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
#endif
Okay.
diff --git a/sunrpc/Makefile b/sunrpc/Makefile
index 8f2a3c8213..07fb90de6b 100644
--- a/sunrpc/Makefile
+++ b/sunrpc/Makefile
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ CFLAGS-pmap_rmt.c += -fexceptions
CFLAGS-clnt_perr.c += -fexceptions
CFLAGS-openchild.c += -fexceptions
+# These files implement Secure RPC authentication using DES, which is
+# no longer secure and has had some of the associated functions tagged
+# __attribute_deprecated__.
+CFLAGS-auth_des.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+CFLAGS-des_crypt.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+CFLAGS-des_soft.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+CFLAGS-svcauth_des.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+CFLAGS-xcrypt.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
+
Okay.
sunrpc-CPPFLAGS = -D_RPC_THREAD_SAFE_
CPPFLAGS += $(sunrpc-CPPFLAGS)
BUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(sunrpc-CPPFLAGS)
diff --git a/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h b/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h
index 77cca3cbed..85875afa11 100644
--- a/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h
+++ b/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
* DESERR_NOHWDEVICE is returned if DES_HW was specified but
* there was no hardware to do it on (the data will still be
* encrypted though, in software).
+ *
+ * None of the functions in this header should be used in new programs,
+ * because the cipher they use is DES, which is unacceptably weak by
+ * modern standards.
*/
@@ -77,19 +81,20 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
* Cipher Block Chaining mode
*/
extern int cbc_crypt (char *__key, char *__buf, unsigned __len,
- unsigned __mode, char *__ivec) __THROW;
+ unsigned __mode, char *__ivec)
+ __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;
/*
* Electronic Code Book mode
*/
extern int ecb_crypt (char *__key, char *__buf, unsigned __len,
- unsigned __mode) __THROW;
+ unsigned __mode) __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;
/*
* Set des parity for a key.
* DES parity is odd and in the low bit of each byte
*/
-extern void des_setparity (char *__key) __THROW;
+extern void des_setparity (char *__key) __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;
Okay.
Thanks,
Florian