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-rw-r--r--init/main.c21
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 598e278b46f7..55243bc0a067 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -564,13 +564,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
page_address_init();
pr_notice("%s", linux_banner);
setup_arch(&command_line);
- /*
- * Set up the the initial canary and entropy after arch
- * and after adding latent and command line entropy.
- */
- add_latent_entropy();
- add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
- boot_init_stack_canary();
mm_init_cpumask(&init_mm);
setup_command_line(command_line);
setup_nr_cpu_ids();
@@ -655,6 +648,20 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
hrtimers_init();
softirq_init();
timekeeping_init();
+
+ /*
+ * For best initial stack canary entropy, prepare it after:
+ * - setup_arch() for any UEFI RNG entropy and boot cmdline access
+ * - timekeeping_init() for ktime entropy used in rand_initialize()
+ * - rand_initialize() to get any arch-specific entropy like RDRAND
+ * - add_latent_entropy() to get any latent entropy
+ * - adding command line entropy
+ */
+ rand_initialize();
+ add_latent_entropy();
+ add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
+ boot_init_stack_canary();
+
time_init();
printk_safe_init();
perf_event_init();