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Message-ID: <20141222120443.GB21045@gondor.apana.org.au> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:04:43 +1100 From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> To: Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de> Cc: 'LKML' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH] crypto: drbg - panic on continuous self test error On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 10:40:21PM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote: > This patch adds a panic if the FIPS 140-2 self test error failed. > Note, that entire code is only executed with fips_enabled (i.e. when the > kernel is booted with fips=1. It is therefore not executed for 99.9% of > all user base. > > As mathematically such failure cannot occur, this panic should never be > triggered. But to comply with NISTs current requirements, an endless > loop must be replaced with the panic. > > When the new version of FIPS 140 will be released, this entire > continuous self test function will be ripped out as it will not be > needed any more. > > This patch is functionally equivalent as implemented in ansi_cprng.c and drivers/char/random.c. > > Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de> Patch applied. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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