Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: jitterentropy - bound collection loop

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Sat Dec 11 2021 - 00:56:13 EST


On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 03:10:06PM +0100, Nicolai Stange wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the sampling loop in jent_gen_entropy() can potentially run indefinitely
> w/o making any forward progress, namely if only stuck samples are taken
> for whatever reason.
>
> There's a straight-forward way to make the entropy collection more robust,
> namely to terminate the loop and report an error if this happens. This
> patchset here implements that.
>
> Applies to herbert/cryptodev-2.6.git master.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nicolai
>
> Nicolai Stange (3):
> crypto: drbg - ignore jitterentropy errors if not in FIPS mode
> crypto: jitter - don't limit ->health_failure check to FIPS mode
> crypto: jitter - quit sample collection loop upon RCT failure
>
> crypto/drbg.c | 7 +++++--
> crypto/jitterentropy-kcapi.c | 6 ------
> crypto/jitterentropy.c | 6 +-----
> crypto/jitterentropy.h | 1 -
> 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.26.2

All applied. Thanks.
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