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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2018-08-27 14:51:54 -0700
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2018-09-01 12:51:54 -0400
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random: make CPU trust a boot parameter
Instead of forcing a distro or other system builder to choose at build time whether the CPU is trusted for CRNG seeding via CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU, provide a boot-time parameter for end users to control the choice. The CONFIG will set the default state instead. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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@@ -3390,6 +3390,12 @@
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
+ random.trust_cpu={on,off}
+ [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
+ CPU's random number generator (if available) to
+ fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
+ by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
+
ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options
cec_disable [X86]