From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] random: fix the RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 14:43:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YBiEJ9Md60HjAWJg@sol.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210112192818.69921-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:28:18AM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>
> The RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl reseeds the primary_crng from itself, which
> doesn't make sense. Reseed it from the input_pool instead.
>
> Fixes: d848e5f8e1eb ("random: add new ioctl RNDRESEEDCRNG")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> ---
>
> Andrew, please consider taking this patch since the maintainer has been
> ignoring it for 4 months
> (https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/20200916041908.66649-1-ebiggers@kernel.org/T/#u).
Ping.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-01 22:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-12 19:28 [PATCH RESEND] random: fix the RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl Eric Biggers
2021-01-13 11:51 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-02-01 22:43 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2021-02-04 15:59 ` Greg KH
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