Message ID | 20220221145816.2278732-1-Jason@zx2c4.com (mailing list archive) |
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State | Not Applicable |
Delegated to: | Herbert Xu |
Headers | show |
Series | [v4] random: absorb fast pool into input pool after fast load | expand |
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 03:58:16PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > During crng_init == 0, we never credit entropy in add_interrupt_ > randomness(), but instead dump it directly into the primary_crng. That's > fine, except for the fact that we then wind up throwing away that > entropy later when we switch to extracting from the input pool and > xoring into (and later in this series overwriting) the primary_crng key. > The two other early init sites -- add_hwgenerator_randomness()'s use > crng_fast_load() and add_device_ randomness()'s use of crng_slow_load() > -- always additionally give their inputs to the input pool. But not > add_interrupt_randomness(). > > This commit fixes that shortcoming by calling mix_pool_bytes() after > crng_fast_load() in add_interrupt_randomness(). That's partially > verboten on PREEMPT_RT, where it implies taking spinlock_t from an IRQ > handler. But this also only happens during early boot and then never > again after that. Plus it's a trylock so it has the same considerations > as calling crng_fast_load(), which we're already using. > > Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> > Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> > Suggested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> > --- > v4 has no changes except for a commit message nit, per Eric's request. > > drivers/char/random.c | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c > index d31b0b3afe2e..f3179c67010b 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/random.c > +++ b/drivers/char/random.c > @@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq) > crng_fast_load((u8 *)fast_pool->pool, sizeof(fast_pool->pool)) > 0) { > fast_pool->count = 0; > fast_pool->last = now; > + if (spin_trylock(&input_pool.lock)) { > + _mix_pool_bytes(&fast_pool->pool, sizeof(fast_pool->pool)); > + spin_unlock(&input_pool.lock); > + } > } > return; > } > -- Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> - Eric
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index d31b0b3afe2e..f3179c67010b 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq) crng_fast_load((u8 *)fast_pool->pool, sizeof(fast_pool->pool)) > 0) { fast_pool->count = 0; fast_pool->last = now; + if (spin_trylock(&input_pool.lock)) { + _mix_pool_bytes(&fast_pool->pool, sizeof(fast_pool->pool)); + spin_unlock(&input_pool.lock); + } } return; }