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| author | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2018-08-27 14:51:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2018-09-01 12:51:54 -0400 |
| commit | 9b25436662d5fb4c66eb527ead53cab15f596ee0 (patch) | |
| tree | f81de29079d0cd3e4816cae947a0a3b0b3c4767a /drivers/char/Kconfig | |
| parent | 9a47249d444d344051c7c0e909fad0e88515a5c2 (diff) | |
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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>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/Kconfig | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index ce277ee0a28a..40728491f37b 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -566,5 +566,5 @@ config RANDOM_TRUST_CPU that CPU manufacturer (perhaps with the insistence or mandate of a Nation State's intelligence or law enforcement agencies) has not installed a hidden back door to compromise the CPU's - random number generation facilities. - + random number generation facilities. This can also be configured + at boot with "random.trust_cpu=on/off". |