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authorJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2022-03-22 21:43:12 -0600
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2022-06-25 11:49:08 +0200
commit2c946656444357c5723743379e67c96576cb0e14 (patch)
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parent3696671aefa52f9784ec897f9f72551fdcd8cd11 (diff)
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random: treat bootloader trust toggle the same way as cpu trust toggle
commit d97c68d178fbf8aaaf21b69b446f2dfb13909316 upstream. If CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU is set, the RNG initializes using RDRAND. But, the user can disable (or enable) this behavior by setting `random.trust_cpu=0/1` on the kernel command line. This allows system builders to do reasonable things while avoiding howls from tinfoil hatters. (Or vice versa.) CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER is basically the same thing, but regards the seed passed via EFI or device tree, which might come from RDRAND or a TPM or somewhere else. In order to allow distros to more easily enable this while avoiding those same howls (or vice versa), this commit adds the corresponding `random.trust_bootloader=0/1` toggle. Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Link: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/165355 Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/Kconfig3
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 3bc53a8c93fe..094548183f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -576,4 +576,5 @@ config RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER
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. \ No newline at end of file
+ only mixes the entropy pool. This can also be configured at boot with
+ "random.trust_bootloader=on/off".
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 19697cc148b7..5672e6f9b65a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -940,11 +940,17 @@ static bool drain_entropy(void *buf, size_t nbytes)
**********************************************************************/
static bool trust_cpu __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU);
+static bool trust_bootloader __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER);
static int __init parse_trust_cpu(char *arg)
{
return kstrtobool(arg, &trust_cpu);
}
+static int __init parse_trust_bootloader(char *arg)
+{
+ return kstrtobool(arg, &trust_bootloader);
+}
early_param("random.trust_cpu", parse_trust_cpu);
+early_param("random.trust_bootloader", parse_trust_bootloader);
/*
* The first collection of entropy occurs at system boot while interrupts
@@ -1152,7 +1158,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_randomness);
*/
void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, size_t size)
{
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER))
+ if (trust_bootloader)
add_hwgenerator_randomness(buf, size, size * 8);
else
add_device_randomness(buf, size);