From 46884442fc5bb81a896f7245bd850fde9b435509 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:16:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] random: use the architectural HWRNG for the SHA's IV in extract_buf() To help assuage the fears of those who think the NSA can introduce a massive hack into the instruction decode and out of order execution engine in the CPU without hundreds of Intel engineers knowing about it (only one of which woud need to have the conscience and courage of Edward Snowden to spill the beans to the public), use the HWRNG to initialize the SHA starting value, instead of xor'ing it in afterwards. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- drivers/char/random.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 8cc7d6515676..d07575c99a5f 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1012,23 +1012,23 @@ static void extract_buf(struct entropy_store *r, __u8 *out) __u8 extract[64]; unsigned long flags; - /* Generate a hash across the pool, 16 words (512 bits) at a time */ - sha_init(hash.w); - spin_lock_irqsave(&r->lock, flags); - for (i = 0; i < r->poolinfo->poolwords; i += 16) - sha_transform(hash.w, (__u8 *)(r->pool + i), workspace); - /* * If we have an architectural hardware random number - * generator, mix that in, too. + * generator, use it for SHA's initial vector */ + sha_init(hash.w); for (i = 0; i < LONGS(20); i++) { unsigned long v; if (!arch_get_random_long(&v)) break; - hash.l[i] ^= v; + hash.l[i] = v; } + /* Generate a hash across the pool, 16 words (512 bits) at a time */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&r->lock, flags); + for (i = 0; i < r->poolinfo->poolwords; i += 16) + sha_transform(hash.w, (__u8 *)(r->pool + i), workspace); + /* * We mix the hash back into the pool to prevent backtracking * attacks (where the attacker knows the state of the pool -- 2.20.1