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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/Kconfig | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 14 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index 3e866885a405..2794f4b3f62d 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -573,3 +573,12 @@ config RANDOM_TRUST_CPU has not installed a hidden back door to compromise the CPU's random number generation facilities. This can also be configured at boot with "random.trust_cpu=on/off". + +config RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER + bool "Trust the bootloader to initialize Linux's CRNG" + help + Some bootloaders can provide entropy to increase the kernel's initial + device randomness. Say Y here to assume the entropy provided by the + booloader is trustworthy so it will be added to the kernel's entropy + pool. Otherwise, say N here so it will be regarded as device input that + only mixes the entropy pool.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 5d5ea4ce1442..566922df4b7b 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -2445,3 +2445,17 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count, credit_entropy_bits(poolp, entropy); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_randomness); + +/* Handle random seed passed by bootloader. + * If the seed is trustworthy, it would be regarded as hardware RNGs. Otherwise + * it would be regarded as device data. + * The decision is controlled by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER. + */ +void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, unsigned int size) +{ + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER)) + add_hwgenerator_randomness(buf, size, size * 8); + else + add_device_randomness(buf, size); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_bootloader_randomness);
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