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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/drbg.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/drbg.c b/crypto/drbg.c index b6929eb5f565..e57901d8545b 100644 --- a/crypto/drbg.c +++ b/crypto/drbg.c @@ -1087,10 +1087,6 @@ static void drbg_async_seed(struct work_struct *work) if (ret) goto unlock; - /* If nonblocking pool is initialized, deactivate Jitter RNG */ - crypto_free_rng(drbg->jent); - drbg->jent = NULL; - /* Set seeded to false so that if __drbg_seed fails the * next generate call will trigger a reseed. */ @@ -1168,7 +1164,23 @@ static int drbg_seed(struct drbg_state *drbg, struct drbg_string *pers, entropylen); if (ret) { pr_devel("DRBG: jent failed with %d\n", ret); - goto out; + + /* + * Do not treat the transient failure of the + * Jitter RNG as an error that needs to be + * reported. The combined number of the + * maximum reseed threshold times the maximum + * number of Jitter RNG transient errors is + * less than the reseed threshold required by + * SP800-90A allowing us to treat the + * transient errors as such. + * + * However, we mandate that at least the first + * seeding operation must succeed with the + * Jitter RNG. + */ + if (!reseed || ret != -EAGAIN) + goto out; } drbg_string_fill(&data1, entropy, entropylen * 2); @@ -1492,6 +1504,8 @@ static int drbg_prepare_hrng(struct drbg_state *drbg) if (list_empty(&drbg->test_data.list)) return 0; + drbg->jent = crypto_alloc_rng("jitterentropy_rng", 0, 0); + INIT_WORK(&drbg->seed_work, drbg_async_seed); drbg->random_ready.owner = THIS_MODULE; @@ -1512,8 +1526,6 @@ static int drbg_prepare_hrng(struct drbg_state *drbg) return err; } - drbg->jent = crypto_alloc_rng("jitterentropy_rng", 0, 0); - /* * Require frequent reseeds until the seed source is fully * initialized. |