linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 055/264] random: add GRND_INSECURE to return best-effort non-cryptographic bytes

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Message-Id: <20220623164345.629744497@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:40:48 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 055/264] random: add GRND_INSECURE to return best-effort non-cryptographic bytes

From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

commit 75551dbf112c992bc6c99a972990b3f272247e23 upstream.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d5473b56cf1fa900ca4bd2b3fc1e5b8874399919.1577088521.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/char/random.c       |   11 +++++++++--
 include/uapi/linux/random.h |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -2187,7 +2187,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getrandom, char __user *
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (flags & ~(GRND_NONBLOCK|GRND_RANDOM))
+	if (flags & ~(GRND_NONBLOCK|GRND_RANDOM|GRND_INSECURE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Requesting insecure and blocking randomness at the same time makes
+	 * no sense.
+	 */
+	if ((flags & (GRND_INSECURE|GRND_RANDOM)) == (GRND_INSECURE|GRND_RANDOM))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (count > INT_MAX)
@@ -2196,7 +2203,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getrandom, char __user *
 	if (flags & GRND_RANDOM)
 		return _random_read(flags & GRND_NONBLOCK, buf, count);
 
-	if (!crng_ready()) {
+	if (!(flags & GRND_INSECURE) && !crng_ready()) {
 		if (flags & GRND_NONBLOCK)
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		ret = wait_for_random_bytes();
--- a/include/uapi/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/random.h
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ struct rand_pool_info {
  *
  * GRND_NONBLOCK	Don't block and return EAGAIN instead
  * GRND_RANDOM		Use the /dev/random pool instead of /dev/urandom
+ * GRND_INSECURE	Return non-cryptographic random bytes
  */
 #define GRND_NONBLOCK	0x0001
 #define GRND_RANDOM	0x0002
+#define GRND_INSECURE	0x0004
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_RANDOM_H */