has not installed a hidden back door to compromise the CPU's
random number generation facilities. This can also be configured
at boot with "random.trust_cpu=on/off".
+
+config RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER
+ bool "Trust the bootloader to initialize Linux's CRNG"
+ help
+ Some bootloaders can provide entropy to increase the kernel's initial
+ device randomness. Say Y here to assume the entropy provided by the
+ booloader is trustworthy so it will be added to the kernel's entropy
+ pool. Otherwise, say N here so it will be regarded as device input that
+ only mixes the entropy pool.
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credit_entropy_bits(poolp, entropy);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_randomness);
+
+/* Handle random seed passed by bootloader.
+ * If the seed is trustworthy, it would be regarded as hardware RNGs. Otherwise
+ * it would be regarded as device data.
+ * The decision is controlled by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER.
+ */
+void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, unsigned int size)
+{
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER))
+ add_hwgenerator_randomness(buf, size, size * 8);
+ else
+ add_device_randomness(buf, size);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_bootloader_randomness);
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#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/serial_core.h>
#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
#include <asm/setup.h> /* for COMMAND_LINE_SIZE */
#include <asm/page.h>
{
int l;
const char *p;
+ const void *rng_seed;
pr_debug("search \"chosen\", depth: %d, uname: %s\n", depth, uname);
pr_debug("Command line is: %s\n", (char*)data);
+ rng_seed = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "rng-seed", &l);
+ if (rng_seed && l > 0) {
+ add_bootloader_randomness(rng_seed, l);
+
+ /* try to clear seed so it won't be found. */
+ fdt_nop_property(initial_boot_params, node, "rng-seed");
+ }
+
/* break now */
return 1;
}
/* Setup flat device-tree pointer */
initial_boot_params = params;
- of_fdt_crc32 = crc32_be(~0, initial_boot_params,
- fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params));
return true;
}
return false;
early_init_dt_scan_nodes();
+ of_fdt_crc32 = crc32_be(~0, initial_boot_params,
+ fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params));
return true;
}
};
extern void add_device_randomness(const void *, unsigned int);
+extern void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *, unsigned int);
#if defined(LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
static inline void add_latent_entropy(void)