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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@chromium.org>,
	"Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@suse.de>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 2/4] random: do not re-init if crng_reseed completes before primary init
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:38:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211228153826.448805-2-Jason@zx2c4.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211228153826.448805-1-Jason@zx2c4.com>

If the bootloader supplies sufficient material and crng_reseed() is called
very early on, but not too early that wqs aren't available yet, then we
might transition to crng_init==2 before rand_initialize()'s call to
crng_initialize_primary() made. Then, when crng_initialize_primary() is
called, if we're trusting the CPU's RDRAND instructions, we'll
needlessly reinitialize the RNG and emit a message about it. This is
mostly harmless, as numa_crng_init() will allocate and then free what it
just allocated, and excessive calls to invalidate_batched_entropy()
aren't so harmful. But it is funky and the extra message is confusing,
so avoid the re-initialization all together by checking for crng_init <
2 in crng_initialize_primary(), just as we already do in crng_reseed().

Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
---
 drivers/char/random.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b003e266a499..95aac486177e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static void __init crng_initialize_primary(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
 	chacha_init_consts(crng->state);
 	_extract_entropy(&input_pool, &crng->state[4], sizeof(__u32) * 12, 0);
-	if (crng_init_try_arch_early(crng) && trust_cpu) {
+	if (crng_init_try_arch_early(crng) && trust_cpu && crng_init < 2) {
 		invalidate_batched_entropy();
 		numa_crng_init();
 		crng_init = 2;
-- 
2.34.1


  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-28 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-23 19:04 [PATCH v6] random: fix crash on multiple early calls to add_bootloader_randomness() Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-28 14:06 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-28 15:38   ` [PATCH v7 1/4] " Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-28 15:38     ` Jason A. Donenfeld [this message]
2021-12-28 15:38     ` [PATCH v7 3/4] random: do not throw away excess input to crng_fast_load Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-28 15:38     ` [PATCH v7 4/4] random: mix bootloader randomness into pool Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-29 21:10     ` [PATCH v8 1/7] random: fix crash on multiple early calls to add_bootloader_randomness() Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-29 21:10       ` [PATCH v8 2/7] random: do not re-init if crng_reseed completes before primary init Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-30 14:31         ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-29 21:10       ` [PATCH v8 3/7] random: do not throw away excess input to crng_fast_load Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-30 14:32         ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-29 21:10       ` [PATCH v8 4/7] random: mix bootloader randomness into pool Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-30 14:33         ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-29 21:10       ` [PATCH v8 5/7] random: harmonize "crng init done" messages Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-30 14:34         ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-29 21:10       ` [PATCH v8 6/7] random: early initialization of ChaCha constants Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-30 14:40         ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-29 21:10       ` [PATCH v8 7/7] random: move crng_initialize_secondary to CONFIG_NUMA section Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-30  8:59         ` [PATCH v8.1 7/7] random: move NUMA-related code " Dominik Brodowski
2021-12-30 15:12           ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-12-30 14:31       ` [PATCH v8 1/7] random: fix crash on multiple early calls to add_bootloader_randomness() Jason A. Donenfeld

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