linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.9 639/757] random32: make prandom

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Message-ID: <20201109062012.GA48368@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 9 Nov 2020 07:20:12 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Amit Klein <aksecurity@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, tytso@....edu,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Marc Plumb <lkml.mplumb@...il.com>,
        George Spelvin <lkml@....org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.9 639/757] random32: make prandom_u32() output
 unpredictable

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 07:16:25AM +0200, Amit Klein wrote:
> Dear all
> 
> Quick question: what's the plan for back-porting this security patch to LTS
> branches?

If you have working and tested backports, to older kernels, I'll be glad
to accept them if you think they are needed.

thanks,

greg k-h