linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/12] usb: feed USB device information to the /dev/random driver

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Date:	Fri,  6 Jul 2012 18:44:57 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	ewust@...ch.edu, zakir@...ch.edu, nadiah@...ucsd.edu,
	jhalderm@...ch.edu, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 05/12] usb: feed USB device information to the /dev/random driver

Send the USB device's serial, product, and manufacturer strings to the
/dev/random driver to help seed its pools.

Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 25a7422..7f380ff 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -2173,6 +2174,14 @@ int usb_new_device(struct usb_device *udev)
 	/* Tell the world! */
 	announce_device(udev);
 
+	if (udev->serial)
+		add_device_randomness(udev->serial, strlen(udev->serial));
+	if (udev->product)
+		add_device_randomness(udev->product, strlen(udev->product));
+	if (udev->manufacturer)
+		add_device_randomness(udev->manufacturer,
+				      strlen(udev->manufacturer));
+
 	device_enable_async_suspend(&udev->dev);
 
 	/*
-- 
1.7.11.1.108.gb129051

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