Provided by: openssl_3.3.1-2ubuntu2_amd64 
NAME
provider-cipher - The cipher library <-> provider functions
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/core_dispatch.h>
#include <openssl/core_names.h>
/*
* None of these are actual functions, but are displayed like this for
* the function signatures for functions that are offered as function
* pointers in OSSL_DISPATCH arrays.
*/
/* Context management */
void *OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx(void *provctx);
void OSSL_FUNC_cipher_freectx(void *cctx);
void *OSSL_FUNC_cipher_dupctx(void *cctx);
/* Encryption/decryption */
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_encrypt_init(void *cctx, const unsigned char *key,
size_t keylen, const unsigned char *iv,
size_t ivlen, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_decrypt_init(void *cctx, const unsigned char *key,
size_t keylen, const unsigned char *iv,
size_t ivlen, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_update(void *cctx, unsigned char *out, size_t *outl,
size_t outsize, const unsigned char *in, size_t inl);
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_final(void *cctx, unsigned char *out, size_t *outl,
size_t outsize);
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_cipher(void *cctx, unsigned char *out, size_t *outl,
size_t outsize, const unsigned char *in, size_t inl);
/* Cipher parameter descriptors */
const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_params(void *provctx);
/* Cipher operation parameter descriptors */
const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_ctx_params(void *cctx,
void *provctx);
const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_FUNC_cipher_settable_ctx_params(void *cctx,
void *provctx);
/* Cipher parameters */
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_params(OSSL_PARAM params[]);
/* Cipher operation parameters */
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_ctx_params(void *cctx, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_cipher_set_ctx_params(void *cctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
DESCRIPTION
This documentation is primarily aimed at provider authors. See provider(7) for further
information.
The CIPHER operation enables providers to implement cipher algorithms and make them
available to applications via the API functions EVP_EncryptInit_ex(3),
EVP_EncryptUpdate(3) and EVP_EncryptFinal(3) (as well as the decrypt equivalents and other
related functions).
All "functions" mentioned here are passed as function pointers between libcrypto and the
provider in OSSL_DISPATCH(3) arrays via OSSL_ALGORITHM(3) arrays that are returned by the
provider's provider_query_operation() function (see "Provider Functions" in
provider-base(7)).
All these "functions" have a corresponding function type definition named
OSSL_FUNC_{name}_fn, and a helper function to retrieve the function pointer from an
OSSL_DISPATCH(3) element named OSSL_FUNC_{name}. For example, the "function"
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx() has these:
typedef void *(OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx_fn)(void *provctx);
static ossl_inline OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx_fn
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf);
OSSL_DISPATCH(3) arrays are indexed by numbers that are provided as macros in
openssl-core_dispatch.h(7), as follows:
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_NEWCTX
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_freectx OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_FREECTX
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_dupctx OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_DUPCTX
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_encrypt_init OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_ENCRYPT_INIT
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_decrypt_init OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_DECRYPT_INIT
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_update OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_UPDATE
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_final OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_FINAL
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_cipher OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_CIPHER
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_params OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_GET_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_GET_CTX_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_set_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_SET_CTX_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_params OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_GETTABLE_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_GETTABLE_CTX_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_settable_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_CIPHER_SETTABLE_CTX_PARAMS
A cipher algorithm implementation may not implement all of these functions. In order to
be a consistent set of functions there must at least be a complete set of "encrypt"
functions, or a complete set of "decrypt" functions, or a single "cipher" function. In
all cases both the OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx and OSSL_FUNC_cipher_freectx functions must be
present. All other functions are optional.
Context Management Functions
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx() should create and return a pointer to a provider side structure
for holding context information during a cipher operation. A pointer to this context will
be passed back in a number of the other cipher operation function calls. The parameter
provctx is the provider context generated during provider initialisation (see
provider(7)).
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_freectx() is passed a pointer to the provider side cipher context in the
cctx parameter. This function should free any resources associated with that context.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_dupctx() should duplicate the provider side cipher context in the cctx
parameter and return the duplicate copy.
Encryption/Decryption Functions
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_encrypt_init() initialises a cipher operation for encryption given a
newly created provider side cipher context in the cctx parameter. The key to be used is
given in key which is keylen bytes long. The IV to be used is given in iv which is ivlen
bytes long. The params, if not NULL, should be set on the context in a manner similar to
using OSSL_FUNC_cipher_set_ctx_params().
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_decrypt_init() is the same as OSSL_FUNC_cipher_encrypt_init() except that
it initialises the context for a decryption operation.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_update() is called to supply data to be encrypted/decrypted as part of a
previously initialised cipher operation. The cctx parameter contains a pointer to a
previously initialised provider side context. OSSL_FUNC_cipher_update() should
encrypt/decrypt inl bytes of data at the location pointed to by in. The encrypted data
should be stored in out and the amount of data written to *outl which should not exceed
outsize bytes. OSSL_FUNC_cipher_update() may be called multiple times for a single cipher
operation. It is the responsibility of the cipher implementation to handle input lengths
that are not multiples of the block length. In such cases a cipher implementation will
typically cache partial blocks of input data until a complete block is obtained. The
pointers out and in may point to the same location, in which case the encryption must be
done in-place. If out and in point to different locations, the requirements of
EVP_EncryptUpdate(3) and EVP_DecryptUpdate(3) guarantee that the two buffers are disjoint.
Similarly, the requirements of EVP_EncryptUpdate(3) and EVP_DecryptUpdate(3) ensure that
the buffer pointed to by out contains sufficient room for the operation being performed.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_final() completes an encryption or decryption started through previous
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_encrypt_init() or OSSL_FUNC_cipher_decrypt_init(), and
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_update() calls. The cctx parameter contains a pointer to the provider
side context. Any final encryption/decryption output should be written to out and the
amount of data written to *outl which should not exceed outsize bytes. The same
expectations apply to outsize as documented for EVP_EncryptFinal(3) and
EVP_DecryptFinal(3).
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_cipher() performs encryption/decryption using the provider side cipher
context in the cctx parameter that should have been previously initialised via a call to
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_encrypt_init() or OSSL_FUNC_cipher_decrypt_init(). This should call the
raw underlying cipher function without any padding. This will be invoked in the provider
as a result of the application calling EVP_Cipher(3). The application is responsible for
ensuring that the input is a multiple of the block length. The data to be
encrypted/decrypted will be in in, and it will be inl bytes in length. The output from
the encryption/decryption should be stored in out and the amount of data stored should be
put in *outl which should be no more than outsize bytes.
Cipher Parameters
See OSSL_PARAM(3) for further details on the parameters structure used by these functions.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_params() gets details of the algorithm implementation and stores them
in params.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_set_ctx_params() sets cipher operation parameters for the provider side
cipher context cctx to params. Any parameter settings are additional to any that were
previously set. Passing NULL for params should return true.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_ctx_params() gets cipher operation details details from the given
provider side cipher context cctx and stores them in params. Passing NULL for params
should return true.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_params(), OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_ctx_params(), and
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_settable_ctx_params() all return constant OSSL_PARAM(3) arrays as
descriptors of the parameters that OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_params(),
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_ctx_params(), and OSSL_FUNC_cipher_set_ctx_params() can handle,
respectively. OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_settable_ctx_params() will return the parameters associated with the
provider side context cctx in its current state if it is not NULL. Otherwise, they return
the parameters associated with the provider side algorithm provctx.
Parameters currently recognised by built-in ciphers are listed in "PARAMETERS" in
EVP_EncryptInit(3). Not all parameters are relevant to, or are understood by all ciphers.
RETURN VALUES
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_newctx() and OSSL_FUNC_cipher_dupctx() should return the newly created
provider side cipher context, or NULL on failure.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_encrypt_init(), OSSL_FUNC_cipher_decrypt_init(),
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_update(), OSSL_FUNC_cipher_final(), OSSL_FUNC_cipher_cipher(),
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_params(), OSSL_FUNC_cipher_get_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_set_ctx_params() should return 1 for success or 0 on error.
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_params(), OSSL_FUNC_cipher_gettable_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_cipher_settable_ctx_params() should return a constant OSSL_PARAM(3) array, or
NULL if none is offered.
SEE ALSO
provider(7), OSSL_PROVIDER-FIPS(7), OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7), OSSL_PROVIDER-legacy(7),
EVP_CIPHER-AES(7), EVP_CIPHER-ARIA(7), EVP_CIPHER-BLOWFISH(7), EVP_CIPHER-CAMELLIA(7),
EVP_CIPHER-CAST(7), EVP_CIPHER-CHACHA(7), EVP_CIPHER-DES(7), EVP_CIPHER-IDEA(7),
EVP_CIPHER-RC2(7), EVP_CIPHER-RC4(7), EVP_CIPHER-RC5(7), EVP_CIPHER-SEED(7),
EVP_CIPHER-SM4(7), EVP_CIPHER-NULL(7), life_cycle-cipher(7), EVP_EncryptInit(3)
HISTORY
The provider CIPHER interface was introduced in OpenSSL 3.0.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2019-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except
in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source
distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.