From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Jason@zx2c4.com
commit d97c68d178fbf8aaaf21b69b446f2dfb13909316 upstream.
If CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU is set, the RNG initializes using RDRAND. But, the user can disable (or enable) this behavior by setting `random.trust_cpu=0/1` on the kernel command line. This allows system builders to do reasonable things while avoiding howls from tinfoil hatters. (Or vice versa.)
CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER is basically the same thing, but regards the seed passed via EFI or device tree, which might come from RDRAND or a TPM or somewhere else. In order to allow distros to more easily enable this while avoiding those same howls (or vice versa), this commit adds the corresponding `random.trust_bootloader=0/1` toggle.
Cc: Theodore Ts'o tytso@mit.edu Cc: Graham Christensen graham@grahamc.com Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel ardb@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski linux@dominikbrodowski.net Link: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/165355 Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld Jason@zx2c4.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++ drivers/char/Kconfig | 3 ++- drivers/char/random.c | 8 +++++++- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4355,6 +4355,12 @@ fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
+ random.trust_bootloader={on,off} + [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of a + seed passed by the bootloader (if available) to + fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled + by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER. + randomize_kstack_offset= [KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ config RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER device randomness. Say Y here to assume the entropy provided by the booloader is trustworthy so it will be added to the kernel's entropy pool. Otherwise, say N here so it will be regarded as device input that - only mixes the entropy pool. + only mixes the entropy pool. This can also be configured at boot with + "random.trust_bootloader=on/off".
endmenu --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -943,11 +943,17 @@ static bool drain_entropy(void *buf, siz **********************************************************************/
static bool trust_cpu __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU); +static bool trust_bootloader __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER); static int __init parse_trust_cpu(char *arg) { return kstrtobool(arg, &trust_cpu); } +static int __init parse_trust_bootloader(char *arg) +{ + return kstrtobool(arg, &trust_bootloader); +} early_param("random.trust_cpu", parse_trust_cpu); +early_param("random.trust_bootloader", parse_trust_bootloader);
/* * The first collection of entropy occurs at system boot while interrupts @@ -1155,7 +1161,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_random */ void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, size_t size) { - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER)) + if (trust_bootloader) add_hwgenerator_randomness(buf, size, size * 8); else add_device_randomness(buf, size);