Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2017-07-28

Re: [PATCH] crypto/rng: ensure that the RNG is ready before using

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2017-07-28 13:53:22
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On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 07:22:06PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
Otherwise, we might be seeding the RNG using bad randomness, which is
dangerous. The one use of this function from within the kernel -- not
from userspace -- is being removed (keys/big_key), so that call site
isn't relevant in assessing this.

Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Patch applied.  Thanks.
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