Re: [PATCH] crypto/rng: ensure that the RNG is ready before using

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Fri Jul 28 2017 - 09:53:26 EST


On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 07:22:06PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Otherwise, we might be seeding the RNG using bad randomness, which is
> dangerous. The one use of this function from within the kernel -- not
> from userspace -- is being removed (keys/big_key), so that call site
> isn't relevant in assessing this.
>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied. Thanks.
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