linux-ext4 - [PATCH v2 2/7] random: Add GRND_INSECURE to return best-effort non-cryptographic bytes

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Date:   Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:36:24 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Theodore Tso <tytso@...gle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
        Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/7] random: Add GRND_INSECURE to return best-effort non-cryptographic bytes

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/char/random.c       | 11 +++++++++--
 include/uapi/linux/random.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index d152612e08fc..acabb870f222 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2122,7 +2122,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getrandom, char __user *, buf, size_t, count,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (flags & ~(GRND_NONBLOCK|GRND_RANDOM))
+	if (flags & ~(GRND_NONBLOCK|GRND_RANDOM|GRND_INSECURE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Requesting insecure and blocking randomness at the same time makes
+	 * no sense.
+	 */
+	if ((flags & (GRND_INSECURE|GRND_RANDOM)) == (GRND_INSECURE|GRND_RANDOM))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (count > INT_MAX)
@@ -2131,7 +2138,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getrandom, char __user *, buf, size_t, count,
 	if (flags & GRND_RANDOM)
 		return _random_read(flags & GRND_NONBLOCK, buf, count);
 
-	if (!crng_ready()) {
+	if (!(flags & GRND_INSECURE) && !crng_ready()) {
 		if (flags & GRND_NONBLOCK)
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		ret = wait_for_random_bytes();
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/random.h b/include/uapi/linux/random.h
index 26ee91300e3e..c092d20088d3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/random.h
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ struct rand_pool_info {
  *
  * GRND_NONBLOCK	Don't block and return EAGAIN instead
  * GRND_RANDOM		Use the /dev/random pool instead of /dev/urandom
+ * GRND_INSECURE	Return non-cryptographic random bytes
  */
 #define GRND_NONBLOCK	0x0001
 #define GRND_RANDOM	0x0002
+#define GRND_INSECURE	0x0004
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_RANDOM_H */
-- 
2.21.0