CONFIG_PKEY: Kernel API for protected key handling

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_PKEY:

• prompt: Kernel API for protected key handling
• type: tristate
• depends on: ( CONFIG_S390 ) && ( CONFIG_ZCRYPT )
• defined in drivers/crypto/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.11–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.5, 6.6-rc+HEAD
• modules built: pkey

Help text

With this option enabled the pkey kernel module provides an API for creation and handling of protected keys. Other parts of the kernel or userspace applications may use these functions.

Select this option if you want to enable the kernel and userspace API for proteced key handling.

Please note that creation of protected keys from secure keys requires to have at least one CEX card in coprocessor mode available at runtime.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module pkey CONFIG_PKEY : drivers/crypto/Kconfig : "Kernel API for protected key handling" # in 4.11–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.5, 6.6-rc+HEAD

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This page is automaticly generated with free (libre, open) software lkddb(see lkddb-sources).

The data is retrived from:

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• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)

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