Yu Watanabe d20313d086 homed/fscrypt: default new homes to v2 policies (#18280) (#42397)
## Summary

Closes #18280.

`systemd-homed` currently writes fscrypt v1 policies, which bind the
master key to the calling process's keyring. This means files in a
homed-managed directory aren't readable when accessed through a
container bind mount, a different mount namespace, or by any process
other than the one that first unlocked the home. Reading the file from a
context that has the key first warms the page cache, but the underlying
problem remains.

v2 policies (Linux 5.4+) route the master key through the filesystem
keyring, via `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY` /
`FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY`, so the key is visible to every process
accessing the filesystem.

This PR switches `systemd-homed` to v2 by default and keeps existing v1
homes working.

## Changes

**`shared/crypto-util`**: Add `kdf_hkdf_derive` (HKDF, RFC 5869) wrapper
around OpenSSL's `EVP_KDF` "HKDF", alongside the existing SSKDF/KBKDF
helpers.

**`homed/fscrypt`**:
- Read the existing policy via `FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY_EX`,
falling back to the legacy ioctl on pre-5.4 kernels.
- `HomeSetup` now carries a full `struct fscrypt_key_specifier` instead
of a bare 8-byte descriptor. Slot decryption derives either the v1
descriptor (double SHA-512) or the v2 identifier (HKDF-SHA512 with the
kernel's info string) from the unwrapped volume key and compares against
the policy.
- Install the master key the right way per version: `add_key("logon",
...)` to thread+user keyrings for v1, `FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY` for
v2.
- `home_flush_keyring_fscrypt` opens the image directory, reads the
policy version, and either calls `FS_IOC_REMOVE_ENCRYPTION_KEY` (v2) or
walks the user keyring (v1).
- New homes default to v2; fall back to v1 only when the kernel rejects
v2.

The on-disk slot xattr format is unchanged - the volume key is the same,
only how it binds to the directory changes. There is no v1 -> v2
migration; existing v1 homes continue to unlock, rekey, and deactivate
as before.
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