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[4.14,011/176] random: fix the RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl

Message ID 20210301161021.519314824@linuxfoundation.org
State Superseded
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Commit Message

Greg Kroah-Hartman March 1, 2021, 4:11 p.m. UTC 
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>

commit 11a0b5e0ec8c13bef06f7414f9e914506140d5cb upstream.

The RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl reseeds the primary_crng from itself, which
doesn't make sense.  Reseed it from the input_pool instead.

Fixes: d848e5f8e1eb ("random: add new ioctl RNDRESEEDCRNG")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210112192818.69921-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/char/random.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@  static long random_ioctl(struct file *f,
 			return -EPERM;
 		if (crng_init < 2)
 			return -ENODATA;
-		crng_reseed(&primary_crng, NULL);
+		crng_reseed(&primary_crng, &input_pool);
 		crng_global_init_time = jiffies - 1;
 		return 0;
 	default: