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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.32.60
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 08:38:48AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 07:11:12AM +0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > On 10/11/2012 07:31 PM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 07:58:04PM +0900, Greg KH wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 08:29:16AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > >>> If you think these patches constitute a regression, I can revert them.
> > >>> However I'd like convincing arguments since they're here to help address
> > >>> a real issue.
> > >>
> > >> If I missed these when doing the random number generation backport for
> > >> 3.0, and I should add them there as well, please let me know.
> > >
> > > At least I think they should not be in 2.6.32 without being in 3.0.
> > > Probably that Peter's opinion will help us decide whether they should
> > > go into 3.0 or 2.6.32 should revert them.
> > >
> >
> > I would strongly argue for at least one of the RDRAND-enabling versions
> > being in all supported kernels; the second (with Ted Ts'o's changes) is
> > better, but touches a *lot* of subsystems; the plain one is
> > self-contained but only helps RDRAND-enabled hardware.
> >
> > Without these patches the random subsystem has a critical security flaw,
> > which puts it into the scope for stable.
>
> That's clearly what I understood, thanks Peter for confirming ! So I won't
> revert the patches unless a regression is reported in which case we'll
> prefer to fix it.
>
> Greg, I think it would be better to get them into 3.0 too. The ones I used
> were (prefixed with 'X' if they are already in 3.0) :
> 24da9c26 x86, cpu: Add CPU flags for F16C and RDRND
> 7ccafc5f x86, cpufeature: Update CPU feature RDRND to RDRAND
> X 63d77173 random: Add support for architectural random hooks
> X bd29e568 fix typo/thinko in get_random_bytes()
> 628c6246 x86, random: Architectural inlines to get random integers with RDRAND
> 49d859d7 x86, random: Verify RDRAND functionality and allow it to be disabled
> X cf833d0b random: Use arch_get_random_int instead of cycle counter if avail
> X 3e88bdff random: Use arch-specific RNG to initialize the entropy store
> X 2dac8e54 random: Adjust the number of loops when initializing
>
> So in the end it seems you only need to add 24da9c26, 7ccafc5f, 628c6246, and
> 49d859d7 to get them all.
>
> There should be no problem to backport them since initially I could pick most
> of them directly from 3.2, though it was easier to pick all of them from .34
> in the end.

Thanks, I'll dig them out for the next 3.0 release after this one.

greg k-h


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