[ 33/37] x86, random: Verify RDRAND functionality and allow it to be disabled

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Oct 18 2012 - 23:19:09 EST


3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 49d859d78c5aeb998b6936fcb5f288f78d713489 upstream.

If the CPU declares that RDRAND is available, go through a guranteed
reseed sequence, and make sure that it is actually working (producing
data.) If it does not, disable the CPU feature flag.

Allow RDRAND to be disabled on the command line (as opposed to at
compile time) for a user who has special requirements with regards to
random numbers.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h | 2
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 1
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 83 insertions(+)

--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1764,6 +1764,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes

noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.

+ nordrand [X86] Disable the direct use of the RDRAND
+ instruction even if it is supported by the
+ processor. RDRAND is still available to user
+ space applications.
+
noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
space.

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ GET_RANDOM(arch_get_random_int, unsigned

#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM */

+extern void x86_init_rdrand(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
+
#endif /* ASM_X86_ARCHRANDOM_H */
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CFLAGS_common.o := $(nostackp)
obj-y := intel_cacheinfo.o scattered.o topology.o
obj-y += proc.o capflags.o powerflags.o common.o
obj-y += vmware.o hypervisor.o sched.o mshyperv.o
+obj-y += rdrand.o

obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += bugs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_64) += bugs_64.o
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <asm/stackprotector.h>
#include <asm/perf_event.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/archrandom.h>
#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
@@ -852,6 +853,7 @@ static void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struc
#endif

init_hypervisor(c);
+ x86_init_rdrand(c);

/*
* Clear/Set all flags overriden by options, need do it
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Linux kernel.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Intel Corporation
+ * Authors: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>,
+ * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/archrandom.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
+
+static int __init x86_rdrand_setup(char *s)
+{
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("nordrand", x86_rdrand_setup);
+
+/* We can't use arch_get_random_long() here since alternatives haven't run */
+static inline int rdrand_long(unsigned long *v)
+{
+ int ok;
+ asm volatile("1: " RDRAND_LONG "\n\t"
+ "jc 2f\n\t"
+ "decl %0\n\t"
+ "jnz 1b\n\t"
+ "2:"
+ : "=r" (ok), "=a" (*v)
+ : "0" (RDRAND_RETRY_LOOPS));
+ return ok;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Force a reseed cycle; we are architecturally guaranteed a reseed
+ * after no more than 512 128-bit chunks of random data. This also
+ * acts as a test of the CPU capability.
+ */
+#define RESEED_LOOP ((512*128)/sizeof(unsigned long))
+
+void __cpuinit x86_init_rdrand(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM
+ unsigned long tmp;
+ int i, count, ok;
+
+ if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND))
+ return; /* Nothing to do */
+
+ for (count = i = 0; i < RESEED_LOOP; i++) {
+ ok = rdrand_long(&tmp);
+ if (ok)
+ count++;
+ }
+
+ if (count != RESEED_LOOP)
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_RDRAND);
+#endif
+}


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