Description of problem: Gnome keyring registers the gnome-keyring PKCS#11 module system-wide by providing the file /usr/share/p11-kit/modules/gnome-keyring.module. That introduces in the system 4 devices equivalent to smart cards as can be seen by 'p11tool --list-tokens' (see below for output). These tokens are unfortunately non fully functional PKCS#11 tokens. I've put as dependencies few items I've found reported over that functionality, however the problem is quite big. As such, since these modules have no documentation on how they are supposed to be used, they are not fully functional PKCS#11 tokens, and I do not believe it is upstream's priority to make them so, I'd suggest for gnome-keyring not to register its modules system-wide for other applications to see and use. My understanding is that they increase confusion in the system smart card support (as they are listed as software smart cards), while offering no (software) smart card functionality. ``` $ p11tool --list-tokens Token 2: URL: pkcs11:model=1.0;manufacturer=Gnome%20Keyring;serial=1%3aSSH%3aHOME;token=SSH%20Keys Label: SSH Keys Type: Generic token Manufacturer: Gnome Keyring Model: 1.0 Serial: 1:SSH:HOME Module: gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so Token 3: URL: pkcs11:model=1.0;manufacturer=Gnome%20Keyring;serial=1%3aSECRET%3aMAIN;token=Secret%20Store Label: Secret Store Type: Generic token Manufacturer: Gnome Keyring Model: 1.0 Serial: 1:SECRET:MAIN Module: gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so Token 4: URL: pkcs11:model=1.0;manufacturer=Gnome%20Keyring;serial=1%3aUSER%3aDEFAULT;token=Gnome2%20Key%20Storage Label: Gnome2 Key Storage Type: Generic token Manufacturer: Gnome Keyring Model: 1.0 Serial: 1:USER:DEFAULT Module: gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so Token 5: URL: pkcs11:model=1.0;manufacturer=Gnome%20Keyring;serial=1%3aXDG%3aDEFAULT;token=User%20Key%20Storage Label: User Key Storage Type: Generic token Manufacturer: Gnome Keyring Model: 1.0 Serial: 1:XDG:DEFAULT Module: gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so ```
PR: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gnome-keyring/pull-request/1
Agree with Nikos. There are other software PKCS#11 tokens that should be used and/or integrated to replace the wannabe software PKCS#11 token in gnome-keyring.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 28 development cycle. Changing version to '28'.
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