From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 BEFC82746A for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1745922169; cv=none; b=VWyC/M8sJIgRLoQP/CESW/bsgsfeSGnDtDJNn72XkV9hkdR5tqxFzk3F6BBrSLDBU1Vh9waPfJKWoxpji1plDMcY1yRmrgCQw10HTHlF2xvAplG6OhqXaPKXOI7us2laTmyTTpxRdJPnhNdSkTW8sxxCacfCWR9o2riW/ud/HeA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1745922169; c=relaxed/simple; bh=H2aA3e0YIuYIz0kI07oDrz1qNT6MmbqHAFDxH26f8sU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=jkqDZ1p47N0ffIT7GKreP8Qj0kyKc0Sl6TycMCyv3gP95T5HBZviouFN+dBwDvVem6mei2xOKkp0Dq+ynaOP3xrf2hVXEzyZZHFF0ITCZgZ3Y0g7v6fPKoCyO8ZvBIytLNhZuaQivXuVB0w7uDupuS79yeLFZ9X6r3v4Ci5IAg8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Mm52WFcG; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Mm52WFcG" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B934AC4CEE3; Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:22:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1745922169; bh=H2aA3e0YIuYIz0kI07oDrz1qNT6MmbqHAFDxH26f8sU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=Mm52WFcGXTMTC8Qs3L62MxkZyU1zECYIPktB/XHksA8pDaYgSDfvZU/c+NKAUwL56 yMMLH5xjhLlagXdyvVpTkf3DVwIkGIj7wHRXs1/CfNV6zRY9KDOAnn6/PABSK1CG7A cJR5rr1kq9HShfH08sVTdzRco5PivAyHu/ayC+Nl7IiXeVMHaHnFciLvNWoeLFFWZh 6SSDg2WQOsHsuLyP6Otb6zmxJ6AMwraJcP7gIEqh6vApxITCsXznOzUudFfos0yM6X l3xWWTAbR3VCyupL/MT3pF7Ppctv0NMhAqewF1YaCjBUS5b2hfWC52N0SIMyR3ZgSf ckLBDUH3oAjlQ== From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Beh=C3=BAn?= To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Sasha Levin Cc: ardb@kernel.org, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, linus.walleij@linaro.org Subject: [PATCH 5.4.y] crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:22:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20250429102245.20146-1-kabel@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.49.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: Signed-off-by: Marek Behún Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu [ rebased for 5.4 ] Signed-off-by: Marek Behún --- 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 c96c14e7dab1..0ef92109ce22 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