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From: "tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin" <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@kernel.org,
	keescook@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: [tip:x86/kaslr] x86, kaslr: Add a circular multiply for better bit diffusion
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:09:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-e8236c4d9338d52d0f2fcecc0b792ac0542e4ee9@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131111222839.GA28616@www.outflux.net>

Commit-ID:  e8236c4d9338d52d0f2fcecc0b792ac0542e4ee9
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/e8236c4d9338d52d0f2fcecc0b792ac0542e4ee9
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:45:20 -0800
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:05:49 -0800

x86, kaslr: Add a circular multiply for better bit diffusion

If we don't have RDRAND (in which case nothing else *should* matter),
most sources have a highly biased entropy distribution.  Use a
circular multiply to diffuse the entropic bits.  A circular multiply
is a good operation for this: it is cheap on standard hardware and
because it is symmetric (unlike an ordinary multiply) it doesn't
introduce its own bias.

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131111222839.GA28616@www.outflux.net
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
index 8746487..38a07cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ static unsigned long get_random_boot(void)
 
 static unsigned long get_random_long(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	const unsigned long mix_const = 0x5d6008cbf3848dd3UL;
+#else
+	const unsigned long mix_const = 0x3f39e593UL;
+#endif
 	unsigned long raw, random = get_random_boot();
 	bool use_i8254 = true;
 
@@ -90,6 +95,12 @@ static unsigned long get_random_long(void)
 		random ^= i8254();
 	}
 
+	/* Circular multiply for better bit diffusion */
+	asm("mul %3"
+	    : "=a" (random), "=d" (raw)
+	    : "a" (random), "rm" (mix_const));
+	random += raw;
+
 	debug_putstr("...\n");
 
 	return random;

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-11-12  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-11 22:28 [PATCH v4] x86, kaslr: mix entropy sources together as needed Kees Cook
2013-11-12  7:09 ` [tip:x86/kaslr] x86, kaslr: Mix " tip-bot for Kees Cook
2013-11-12  7:09 ` tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin [this message]

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