From: "Marek Behún" <kabel@kernel.org>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: ardb@kernel.org, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, linus.walleij@linaro.org
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y] crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:19:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250429101944.19440-1-kabel@kernel.org> (raw)
commit 8006aff15516a170640239c5a8e6696c0ba18d8e upstream.
According to the review by Bill Cox [1], the Atmel SHA204A random number
generator produces random numbers with very low entropy.
Set the lowest possible entropy for this chip just to be safe.
[1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html
Fixes: da001fb651b00e1d ("crypto: atmel-i2c - add support for SHA204A random number generator")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <kabel@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
[ rebased for 6.1 ]
Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <kabel@kernel.org>
---
drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c
index a84b657598c6..51738c730717 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ static int atmel_sha204a_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
i2c_priv->hwrng.name = dev_name(&client->dev);
i2c_priv->hwrng.read = atmel_sha204a_rng_read;
- i2c_priv->hwrng.quality = 1024;
+
+ /*
+ * According to review by Bill Cox [1], this HWRNG has very low entropy.
+ * [1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html
+ */
+ i2c_priv->hwrng.quality = 1;
ret = devm_hwrng_register(&client->dev, &i2c_priv->hwrng);
if (ret)
--
2.49.0
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