crypto: fcrypt - Remove support for FCrypt block cipher

Remove the insecure FCrypt block cipher from the crypto API.  Its only
user was net/rxrpc/, but now net/rxrpc/ implements it locally.  The
crypto API implementation is no longer needed.

For some additional context: FCrypt was designed in 1988 and is
essentially a weakened version of DES.  It has the same 56-bit key size
as DES, which is easily brute forced.  Moreover, it's cryptographically
weak and doesn't even provide the intended 56-bit security level.  Its
author considers it to be a mistake, as well
(https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-devel/2000-December/005320.html).

But fortunately this 1980s-era homebrew block cipher was never adopted
outside of net/rxrpc/.  So its code can just be kept there.

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> # m68k
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522050740.84561-5-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Eric Biggers
2026-06-09 17:03:03 -07:00
committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 432042e25e
commit 374efbdc85
39 changed files with 0 additions and 527 deletions
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@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_BENCHMARK=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -524,7 +524,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -587,7 +587,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANUBIS=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_KHAZAD=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEED=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
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@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_FCRYPT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CTS=m

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