From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] security: mark weaker passwords hashing algorithms insecure
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 16:00:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250806140005.2866622-2-a.fatoum@barebox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250806140005.2866622-1-a.fatoum@barebox.org>
It's well known that MD5 and SHA1 aren't suitable password hashing
algorithms. Let's alert users to that fact by selecting
HAS_INSECURE_DEFAULTS.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
---
security/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 88ebdeed2f64..3e21e1416e2f 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -63,10 +63,21 @@ choice
config PASSWD_SUM_MD5
bool "MD5"
select DIGEST_MD5_GENERIC
+ select HAS_INSECURE_DEFAULTS
+ help
+ MD5 had been widely used historically as a cryptographic hash function,
+ but has been found to suffer from extensive vulnerabilities.
+ Use of MD5 to hash passwords is strongly discouraged.
config PASSWD_SUM_SHA1
bool "SHA1"
select DIGEST_SHA1_GENERIC
+ select HAS_INSECURE_DEFAULTS
+ help
+ SHA1 had been widely used historically as a cryptographic hash function,
+ but has since been cryptographically broken.
+ SHA-1 was designed for speed and thus use as password hash is strongly
+ discouraged as it's easier for an attacker to brute force.
config PASSWD_SUM_SHA256
bool "SHA256"
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-06 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-06 14:00 [PATCH 1/5] security: add new top-level menu Ahmad Fatoum
2025-08-06 14:00 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2025-08-06 14:00 ` [PATCH 3/5] commands: introduce new security command group Ahmad Fatoum
2025-08-06 14:00 ` [PATCH 4/5] security: password: make PBKDF2 the default instead of MD5 Ahmad Fatoum
2025-08-06 14:00 ` [PATCH 5/5] commands: move login/passwd into security section Ahmad Fatoum
2025-08-07 6:26 ` [PATCH] fixup! security: add new top-level menu Ahmad Fatoum
2025-08-07 7:34 ` [PATCH 1/5] " Sascha Hauer
2025-08-07 8:11 ` Ahmad Fatoum
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