linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] random: treat bootloader trust toggle the same way as cpu trust toggle

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Message-ID: <Yjt1IHpxCOJ4/MhC@owl.dominikbrodowski.net>
Date:   Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:29:36 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Graham Christensen <graham@...hamc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: treat bootloader trust toggle the same way as
 cpu trust toggle

Am Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:11:23PM -0600 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> If CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU is set, the RNG initializes using RDRAND.
> But, the user can disable (or enable) this behavior by setting
> `random.trust_cpu=0/1` on the kernel command line. This allows system
> builders to do reasonable things while avoiding howls from tinfoil
> hatters. (Or vice versa.)
> 
> CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER is basically the same thing, but regards
> the seed passed via EFI or device tree, which might come from RDRAND or
> a TPM or somewhere else. In order to allow distros to more easily enable
> this while avoiding those same howls (or vice versa), this commit adds
> the corresponding `random.trust_bootloader=0/1` toggle.
> 
> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: Graham Christensen <graham@...hamc.com>
> Link: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/165355
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>

Thanks,
	Dominik