From: Jay Wang <wanjay@amazon.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
<linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
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Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 08/19] crypto: fips140: add crypto module loader
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:20:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260418002032.2877-9-wanjay@amazon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260418002032.2877-1-wanjay@amazon.com>
Add a crypto module loader mechanism that loads a precompiled crypto
kernel module that is embedded in vmlinux image directly from memory
(whose address stored in _binary_fips140_ko_start/end) during early boot.
This is built based on Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> and
Saeed Mirzamohammadi <saeed.mirzamohammadi@oracle.com>, the
fips_loader_init is picked up. But different from them, such loader is
not executed as arch_initcall_sync(), but rather as a thread along main
kernel init to ensure proper initialization sequencing (Details are in
later patch).
Signed-off-by: Jay Wang <wanjay@amazon.com>
---
crypto/fips140/fips140-loader.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 crypto/fips140/fips140-loader.c
diff --git a/crypto/fips140/fips140-loader.c b/crypto/fips140/fips140-loader.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..369ab3ceede9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/fips140/fips140-loader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * FIPS 140 Early Loader
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+
+extern const u8 _binary_fips140_ko_start[];
+extern const u8 _binary_fips140_ko_end[];
+const u8 *_binary_crypto_ko_start;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_binary_crypto_ko_start);
+const u8 *_binary_crypto_ko_end;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_binary_crypto_ko_end);
+
+/* Function to load crypto module from memory */
+extern int load_crypto_module_mem(const char *mem, size_t size);
+
+static void load_prepare(void)
+{
+ _binary_crypto_ko_start = _binary_fips140_ko_start;
+ _binary_crypto_ko_end = _binary_fips140_ko_end;
+}
+
+static int fips_loader_init(void)
+{
+ load_prepare();
+
+ const void *ko_mem = _binary_crypto_ko_start;
+ size_t ko_size = _binary_crypto_ko_end - _binary_crypto_ko_start;
+ void *vmalloc_mem;
+ int ret;
+
+ // Copy to vmalloc'd memory since load_module expects to free it
+ vmalloc_mem = vmalloc(ko_size);
+ if (!vmalloc_mem) {
+ pr_err("FIPS140 loader: failed to allocate memory\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(vmalloc_mem, ko_mem, ko_size);
+
+ ret = load_crypto_module_mem(vmalloc_mem, ko_size); // Skip signature check
+ if (ret)
+ panic("FIPS140 loader: module loading error\n");
+
+ vfree(vmalloc_mem); // Free after successful module loading
+ return ret;
+}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-18 0:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-18 0:20 [PATCH v2 00/19] crypto: Standalone crypto module Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 01/19] crypto: add Kconfig options for standalone " Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 02/19] crypto: add module entry for standalone crypto kernel module Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 03/19] build: special compilation rule for building the standalone crypto module Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 04/19] build: Add ELF marker for crypto-objs-m modules Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 05/19] module: allow kernel module loading directly from memory Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 06/19] crypto: add pluggable interface for module symbols referenced by the main kernel Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 07/19] crypto: dedicated ELF sections for collected crypto initcalls Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` Jay Wang [this message]
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 09/19] build: embed the standalone crypto module into vmlinux Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 10/19] module: skip modversion checks for crypto modules Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 11/19] build: add CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES support for the standalone crypto kernel module Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 12/19] Allow selective crypto module loading at boot based on FIPS mode Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 13/19] Execute crypto initcalls during module initialization Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 14/19] crypto/algapi.c: skip crypto_check_module_sig() for the standalone crypto module Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 15/19] crypto: fips140: add module integrity self-check Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 16/19] crypto: convert exported symbols in architecture-independent crypto to pluggable symbols Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 17/19] x86/crypto: convert exported symbols in x86 " Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] arm64/crypto: convert exported symbols in arm64 " Jay Wang
2026-04-18 0:20 ` [PATCH v2 19/19] Add standalone crypto kernel module technical documentation Jay Wang
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