linux/fs/ubifs/Kconfig
Sascha Hauer 817aa09484 ubifs: support offline signed images
HMACs can only be generated on the system the UBIFS image is running on.
To support offline signed images we add a PKCS#7 signature to the UBIFS
image which can be created by mkfs.ubifs.

Both the master node and the superblock need to be authenticated, during
normal runtime both are protected with HMACs. For offline signature
support however only a single signature is desired. We add a signature
covering the superblock node directly behind it. To protect the master
node a hash of the master node is added to the superblock which is used
when the master node doesn't contain a HMAC.

Transition to a read/write filesystem is also supported. During
transition first the master node is rewritten with a HMAC (implicitly,
it is written anyway as the FS is marked dirty). Afterwards the
superblock is rewritten with a HMAC. Once after the image has been
mounted read/write it is HMAC only, the signature is no longer required
or even present on the filesystem.

In an offline signed image the master node is authenticated by the
superblock. In a transition to r/w we have to make sure that the master
node is rewritten before the superblock node. In this case the master
node gets a HMAC and its authenticity no longer depends on the
superblock node. There are some cases in which the current code first
writes the superblock node though, so with this patch writing of the
superblock node is delayed until the master node is written.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
2019-07-08 19:43:52 +02:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
config UBIFS_FS
tristate "UBIFS file system support"
select CRC16
select CRC32
select CRYPTO if UBIFS_FS_ADVANCED_COMPR
select CRYPTO if UBIFS_FS_LZO
select CRYPTO if UBIFS_FS_ZLIB
select CRYPTO_LZO if UBIFS_FS_LZO
select CRYPTO_DEFLATE if UBIFS_FS_ZLIB
select CRYPTO_HASH_INFO
select UBIFS_FS_XATTR if FS_ENCRYPTION
depends on MTD_UBI
help
UBIFS is a file system for flash devices which works on top of UBI.
if UBIFS_FS
config UBIFS_FS_ADVANCED_COMPR
bool "Advanced compression options"
help
This option allows to explicitly choose which compressions, if any,
are enabled in UBIFS. Removing compressors means inability to read
existing file systems.
If unsure, say 'N'.
config UBIFS_FS_LZO
bool "LZO compression support" if UBIFS_FS_ADVANCED_COMPR
default y
help
LZO compressor is generally faster than zlib but compresses worse.
Say 'Y' if unsure.
config UBIFS_FS_ZLIB
bool "ZLIB compression support" if UBIFS_FS_ADVANCED_COMPR
default y
help
Zlib compresses better than LZO but it is slower. Say 'Y' if unsure.
config UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT
bool "Access time support"
default n
help
Originally UBIFS did not support atime, because it looked like a bad idea due
increased flash wear. This option adds atime support and it is disabled by default
to preserve the old behavior. If you enable this option, UBIFS starts updating atime,
which means that file-system read operations will cause writes (inode atime
updates). This may affect file-system performance and increase flash device wear,
so be careful. How often atime is updated depends on the selected strategy:
strictatime is the "heavy", relatime is "lighter", etc.
If unsure, say 'N'
config UBIFS_FS_XATTR
bool "UBIFS XATTR support"
default y
help
Saying Y here includes support for extended attributes (xattrs).
Xattrs are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page).
If unsure, say Y.
config UBIFS_FS_SECURITY
bool "UBIFS Security Labels"
depends on UBIFS_FS_XATTR
default y
help
Security labels provide an access control facility to support Linux
Security Models (LSMs) accepted by AppArmor, SELinux, Smack and TOMOYO
Linux. This option enables an extended attribute handler for file
security labels in the ubifs filesystem, so that it requires enabling
the extended attribute support in advance.
If you are not using a security module, say N.
config UBIFS_FS_AUTHENTICATION
bool "UBIFS authentication support"
select KEYS
select CRYPTO_HMAC
select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
help
Enable authentication support for UBIFS. This feature offers protection
against offline changes for both data and metadata of the filesystem.
If you say yes here you should also select a hashing algorithm such as
sha256, these are not selected automatically since there are many
different options.
endif # UBIFS_FS