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diff --git a/crypto/ecc.c b/crypto/ecc.c
index 6c33c4323d6a..633a9bcdc574 100644
--- a/crypto/ecc.c
+++ b/crypto/ecc.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#include <linux/swab.h>
#include <linux/fips.h>
#include <crypto/ecdh.h>
+#include <crypto/rng.h>
#include "ecc.h"
#include "ecc_curve_defs.h"
@@ -927,6 +928,61 @@ int ecc_is_key_valid(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits,
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * ECC private keys are generated using the method of extra random bits,
+ * equivalent to that described in FIPS 186-4, Appendix B.4.1.
+ *
+ * d = (c mod(n–1)) + 1 where c is a string of random bits, 64 bits longer
+ * than requested
+ * 0 <= c mod(n-1) <= n-2 and implies that
+ * 1 <= d <= n-1
+ *
+ * This method generates a private key uniformly distributed in the range
+ * [1, n-1].
+ */
+int ecc_gen_privkey(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits, u64 *privkey)
+{
+ const struct ecc_curve *curve = ecc_get_curve(curve_id);
+ u64 priv[ndigits];
+ unsigned int nbytes = ndigits << ECC_DIGITS_TO_BYTES_SHIFT;
+ unsigned int nbits = vli_num_bits(curve->n, ndigits);
+ int err;
+
+ /* Check that N is included in Table 1 of FIPS 186-4, section 6.1.1 */
+ if (nbits < 160)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /*
+ * FIPS 186-4 recommends that the private key should be obtained from a
+ * RBG with a security strength equal to or greater than the security
+ * strength associated with N.
+ *
+ * The maximum security strength identified by NIST SP800-57pt1r4 for
+ * ECC is 256 (N >= 512).
+ *
+ * This condition is met by the default RNG because it selects a favored
+ * DRBG with a security strength of 256.
+ */
+ if (crypto_get_default_rng())
+ err = -EFAULT;
+
+ err = crypto_rng_get_bytes(crypto_default_rng, (u8 *)priv, nbytes);
+ crypto_put_default_rng();
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ if (vli_is_zero(priv, ndigits))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Make sure the private key is in the range [1, n-1]. */
+ if (vli_cmp(curve->n, priv, ndigits) != 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ecc_swap_digits(priv, privkey, ndigits);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int ecc_make_pub_key(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits,
const u64 *private_key, u64 *public_key)
{