linux-kernel - [v2.6.34-stable 146/165] fix typo/thinko in get_random

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:48:10 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [v2.6.34-stable 146/165] fix typo/thinko in get_random_bytes()

From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit bd29e568a4cb6465f6e5ec7c1c1f3ae7d99cbec1 upstream.

If there is an architecture-specific random number generator we use it
to acquire randomness one "long" at a time.  We should put these random
words into consecutive words in the result buffer - not just overwrite
the first word again and again.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 drivers/char/random.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 6da0696..df4eb6d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
 		if (!arch_get_random_long(&v))
 			break;
 
-		memcpy(buf, &v, chunk);
+		memcpy(p, &v, chunk);
 		p += chunk;
 		nbytes -= chunk;
 	}
-- 
1.7.12.rc2

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