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Shukai Ni 68c5c42567 dm-integrity: replace forgeable discard filler with a keyed sector marker
The discard-block check in dm_integrity_rw_tag() treats a stored tag
of all 0xf6 bytes (DISCARD_FILLER) as proof a block was discarded and
skips HMAC verification. allow_discards is only accepted in
dm-integrity's standalone mode. An attacker with raw write access to
the backing device, but without the integrity key, can stamp any block
with an all-0xf6 tag and have it served as authentic.

Add a new "allow_discards_keyed" target argument that marks discarded
blocks with a keyed checksum of (salt || sector) instead, computed by
integrity_discard_checksum().

Fixes: 84597a44a9 ("dm integrity: add optional discard support")
Co-developed-by: Jo Van Bulck <jo.vanbulck@cs.kuleuven.be>
Signed-off-by: Jo Van Bulck <jo.vanbulck@cs.kuleuven.be>
Signed-off-by: Shukai Ni <shukai.ni@kuleuven.be>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
2026-08-03 17:46:40 +02:00
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2026-01-02 15:03:53 +01:00