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| author | Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> | 2019-12-15 19:31:39 -0800 |
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| committer | Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> | 2020-01-05 10:02:13 -0800 |
| commit | 42e0dfe85ec7a75a2fa30c417d57eae60b5a881d (patch) | |
| tree | ffa9fb08a5bbe51ec23bf219ef206ddc81799453 /cmd/fscrypt/flags.go | |
| parent | 2b25de6d445faefc28629603dd754aec9f744e60 (diff) | |
Keyring support for v2 encryption policies
Implement adding/removing v2 encryption policy keys to/from the kernel.
The kernel requires that the new ioctls FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY and
FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY be used for this. Root is not required.
However, non-root support brings an extra complication: the kernel keeps
track of which users have called FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY for the same
key. FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY only works as one of these users, and
it only removes the calling user's claim to the key; the key is only
truly removed when the last claim is removed.
Implement the following behavior:
- 'fscrypt unlock' and pam_fscrypt add the key for the user, even if
other user(s) have it added already. This behavior is needed so that
another user can't remove the key out from under the user.
- 'fscrypt lock' and pam_fscrypt remove the key for the user. However,
if the key wasn't truly removed because other users still have it
added, 'fscrypt lock' prints a warning.
- 'fscrypt status' shows whether the directory is unlocked for anyone.
Diffstat (limited to 'cmd/fscrypt/flags.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | cmd/fscrypt/flags.go | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/fscrypt/flags.go b/cmd/fscrypt/flags.go index 361732c..a22ec05 100644 --- a/cmd/fscrypt/flags.go +++ b/cmd/fscrypt/flags.go @@ -162,10 +162,12 @@ var ( } dropCachesFlag = &boolFlag{ Name: "drop-caches", - Usage: `After purging the keys from the keyring, drop the - associated caches for the purge to take effect. Without - this flag, cached encrypted files may still have their - plaintext visible. Requires root privileges.`, + Usage: `After removing the key(s) from the keyring, drop the + kernel's filesystem caches if needed. Without this flag, + files encrypted with v1 encryption policies may still be + accessible. This flag is not needed for v2 encryption + policies. This flag, if actually needed, requires root + privileges.`, Default: true, } ) |