Re: [PATCH v17 4/5] random: introduce generic vDSO getrandom() implementation
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Date: 2024-06-18 00:06:36
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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Date: 2024-06-18 00:06:36
Also in:
linux-crypto, linux-patches, lkml
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 12:08 PM Jason A. Donenfeld [off-list ref] wrote:
Provide a generic C vDSO getrandom() implementation, which operates on an opaque state returned by vgetrandom_alloc() and produces random bytes the same way as getrandom(). This has a the API signature: ssize_t vgetrandom(void *buffer, size_t len, unsigned int flags, void *opaque_state);
Last time around, I mentioned some potential issues with this function signature, and I didn't see any answer. My specific objection was to the fact that the caller passes in a pointer but not a length, and this potentially makes reasoning about memory safety awkward, especially if anything like CRIU is involved. --Andy