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Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH] random: warn when kernel uses unseeded randomness

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Hi Ted,

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> I agree completely with all of this.  The following patch replaces the
> current topmost patch on the random.git tree:
> For developers who want to work on improving this situation,
> CONFIG_WARN_UNSEEDED_RANDOM has been renamed to
> CONFIG_WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM.  By default the kernel will always
> print the first use of unseeded randomness.  This way, hopefully the
> security obsessed will be happy that there is _some_ indication when
> the kernel boots there may be a potential issue with that architecture
> or subarchitecture.  To see all uses of unseeded randomness,
> developers can enable CONFIG_WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM.

Seems fine to me.

Acked-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>

Jason

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Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-06-20 08:10 +0200
  Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings  and fix race Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au> - 2017-06-20 08:30 +0200
  Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-06-20 09:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-20 10:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2017-06-20 10:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-20 11:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2017-06-20 11:50 +0200
          Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings  and fix race Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2017-06-20 20:00 +0200
            Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings  and fix race Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-06-20 20:20 +0200
              Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings  and fix race "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-20 22:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-20 11:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-06-21 01:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-21 02:00 +0200
              [PATCH] random: warn when kernel uses unseeded randomness "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-21 02:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] random: warn when kernel uses unseeded randomness Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-06-21 02:20 +0200
                Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH] random: warn when kernel uses unseeded randomness Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-06-21 08:10 +0200
                Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH] random: warn when kernel uses  unseeded randomness Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-06-21 22:40 +0200
                Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH] random: warn when kernel uses unseeded randomness "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-22 02:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2017-06-22 02:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-06-20 12:00 +0200

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