Re: [PATCH] random: fix the RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Tue Oct 06 2020 - 23:50:25 EST


On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 09:19:08PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

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