From: Theodore Ts'o tytso@mit.edu
commit 39a8883a2b989d1d21bd8dd99f5557f0c5e89694 upstream.
This gives the user building their own kernel (or a Linux distribution) the option of deciding whether or not to trust the CPU's hardware random number generator (e.g., RDRAND for x86 CPU's) as being correctly implemented and not having a back door introduced (perhaps courtesy of a Nation State's law enforcement or intelligence agencies).
This will prevent getrandom(2) from blocking, if there is a willingness to trust the CPU manufacturer.
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o tytso@mit.edu Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld Jason@zx2c4.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- drivers/char/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ drivers/char/random.c | 11 ++++++++++- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -595,3 +595,17 @@ source "drivers/char/xillybus/Kconfig"
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+config RANDOM_TRUST_CPU + bool "Trust the CPU manufacturer to initialize Linux's CRNG" + depends on X86 || S390 || PPC + default n + help + Assume that CPU manufacturer (e.g., Intel or AMD for RDSEED or + RDRAND, IBM for the S390 and Power PC architectures) is trustworthy + for the purposes of initializing Linux's CRNG. Since this is not + something that can be independently audited, this amounts to trusting + that CPU manufacturer (perhaps with the insistence or mandate + of a Nation State's intelligence or law enforcement agencies) + has not installed a hidden back door to compromise the CPU's + random number generation facilities. + --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ static void invalidate_batched_entropy(v static void crng_initialize(struct crng_state *crng) { int i; + int arch_init = 1; unsigned long rv;
memcpy(&crng->state[0], "expand 32-byte k", 16); @@ -793,10 +794,18 @@ static void crng_initialize(struct crng_ _get_random_bytes(&crng->state[4], sizeof(__u32) * 12); for (i = 4; i < 16; i++) { if (!arch_get_random_seed_long(&rv) && - !arch_get_random_long(&rv)) + !arch_get_random_long(&rv)) { rv = random_get_entropy(); + arch_init = 0; + } crng->state[i] ^= rv; } +#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU + if (arch_init) { + crng_init = 2; + pr_notice("random: crng done (trusting CPU's manufacturer)\n"); + } +#endif crng->init_time = jiffies - CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL - 1; }