From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C432F175A81; Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:01:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784674880; cv=none; b=eZaR+bHvGSYfC/EwpHFH7y76K+niah8yhcCNi9xNInM7plPkXorOS394Nq90BW6wT5W3J+pEUivcpVp7KUfsIf/yhmDAEN1ihk9VMKldXiA1n7XyAPyM7mZWo5GUMdpCo+HNFd1qO9/9dL5QBK+VGn+MnNNtM1lSzBNWEXqxLDM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1784674880; c=relaxed/simple; bh=rwko+QHKAQ3tjfIy9RBIg21bLK3G8OtewYbWGiK7TwA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=FMKacNZAU5JJjYp8qhoQNSIMFwyyXYnZmaYs+f4ZWqgbOA/8iIAM95Bze8iv30F/9sn3U9MhQnn7y2dJeDfTB9nscsle+Y+QzqFKvRtu5cjNy9Ya6HGAGS8lF+tOn304ue4xwGjrTGx2fb0qNCPnINM1Pwd1+duKAROkYv5HII0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=PtkgXYee; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="PtkgXYee" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 34B031F000E9; Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:01:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1784674878; bh=7o7N2T2BsS8RG2SkXS4iaSJAAnad4jBBKyg1AIOQb0Y=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=PtkgXYee72MU8BIU+AoDTbQ6L5lCtB8QhEA/r2LWr+6QyOBrpGytdgXam2zVmpHXc D5zi9i7PpIp13rWMVTWVDFtD6yW7LZ2X73lbgtPJmXefclUuFh2fNTgT4UCem1+1Ix svdeAIVNYlQBrklwCY3+I1u9zoktzjWrdg2HBq7s= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Thorsten Blum , Ard Biesheuvel , Herbert Xu , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 5.10 678/699] crypto: atmel-sha204a - drop hwrng quality reduction for ATSHA204A Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:27:17 +0200 Message-ID: <20260721152411.063585366@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260721152355.667394603@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260721152355.667394603@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 5.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Thorsten Blum [ Upstream commit ea5e57cc97185329dcc5ebdcaae7e1500bf0ad0b ] Commit 8006aff15516 ("crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible") reduced the hwrng quality to 1 based on a review by Bill Cox [1]. However, despite its title, the review only tested the ATSHA204, not the ATSHA204A. In the same thread, Atmel engineer Landon Cox wrote "this behavior has been eliminated entirely"[2] in the ATSHA204A and "this problem does not affect the ATECC108 or the ATECC108A (or the ATSHA204A)"[3]. According to the official ATSHA204A datasheet [4], the device contains a high-quality hardware RNG that combines its output with an internal seed value stored in EEPROM or SRAM to generate random numbers. The device also implements all security functions using SHA-256, and the driver uses the chip's Random command in seed-update mode. Keep 'quality = 1' for ATSHA204, but drop the explicit hwrng quality reduction for ATSHA204A and fall back to the hwrng core default. [1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html [2] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023852.html [3] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023886.html [4] https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/ATSHA204A-Data-Sheet-40002025A.pdf Fixes: 8006aff15516 ("crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ #include #include "atmel-i2c.h" +/* + * According to review by Bill Cox [1], the ATSHA204 has very low entropy. + * [1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html + */ +static const unsigned short atsha204_quality = 1; + static void atmel_sha204a_rng_done(struct atmel_i2c_work_data *work_data, void *areq, int status) { @@ -96,6 +102,7 @@ static int atmel_sha204a_probe(struct i2 const struct i2c_device_id *id) { struct atmel_i2c_client_priv *i2c_priv; + const unsigned short *quality; int ret; ret = atmel_i2c_probe(client, id); @@ -109,11 +116,9 @@ static int atmel_sha204a_probe(struct i2 i2c_priv->hwrng.name = dev_name(&client->dev); i2c_priv->hwrng.read = atmel_sha204a_rng_read; - /* - * 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; + quality = i2c_get_match_data(client); + if (quality) + i2c_priv->hwrng.quality = *quality; ret = devm_hwrng_register(&client->dev, &i2c_priv->hwrng); if (ret) @@ -138,14 +143,14 @@ static int atmel_sha204a_remove(struct i } static const struct of_device_id atmel_sha204a_dt_ids[] __maybe_unused = { - { .compatible = "atmel,atsha204", }, + { .compatible = "atmel,atsha204", .data = &atsha204_quality }, { .compatible = "atmel,atsha204a", }, { /* sentinel */ } }; MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, atmel_sha204a_dt_ids); static const struct i2c_device_id atmel_sha204a_id[] = { - { "atsha204" }, + { "atsha204", (kernel_ulong_t)&atsha204_quality }, { "atsha204a" }, { /* sentinel */ } };