linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 008/237] random: add a config option to trust the CPUs hwrng

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:40:42 +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, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 008/237] random: add a config option to trust the CPUs hwrng

From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>

commit 39a8883a2b989d1d21bd8dd99f5557f0c5e89694 upstream.

This gives the user building their own kernel (or a Linux
distribution) the option of deciding whether or not to trust the CPU's
hardware random number generator (e.g., RDRAND for x86 CPU's) as being
correctly implemented and not having a back door introduced (perhaps
courtesy of a Nation State's law enforcement or intelligence
agencies).

This will prevent getrandom(2) from blocking, if there is a
willingness to trust the CPU manufacturer.

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/Kconfig  |   14 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/char/random.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -590,3 +590,17 @@ source "drivers/char/xillybus/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
 
+config RANDOM_TRUST_CPU
+	bool "Trust the CPU manufacturer to initialize Linux's CRNG"
+	depends on X86 || S390 || PPC
+	default n
+	help
+	Assume that CPU manufacturer (e.g., Intel or AMD for RDSEED or
+	RDRAND, IBM for the S390 and Power PC architectures) is trustworthy
+	for the purposes of initializing Linux's CRNG.  Since this is not
+	something that can be independently audited, this amounts to trusting
+	that CPU manufacturer (perhaps with the insistence or mandate
+	of a Nation State's intelligence or law enforcement agencies)
+	has not installed a hidden back door to compromise the CPU's
+	random number generation facilities.
+
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ static void invalidate_batched_entropy(v
 static void crng_initialize(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
 	int		i;
+	int		arch_init = 1;
 	unsigned long	rv;
 
 	memcpy(&crng->state[0], "expand 32-byte k", 16);
@@ -792,10 +793,18 @@ static void crng_initialize(struct crng_
 		_get_random_bytes(&crng->state[4], sizeof(__u32) * 12);
 	for (i = 4; i < 16; i++) {
 		if (!arch_get_random_seed_long(&rv) &&
-		    !arch_get_random_long(&rv))
+		    !arch_get_random_long(&rv)) {
 			rv = random_get_entropy();
+			arch_init = 0;
+		}
 		crng->state[i] ^= rv;
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU
+	if (arch_init) {
+		crng_init = 2;
+		pr_notice("random: crng done (trusting CPU's manufacturer)\n");
+	}
+#endif
 	crng->init_time = jiffies - CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL - 1;
 }