| Date | Tue, 4 Aug 2020 05:06:37 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5.7 021/120] random32: update the net random state on interrupt and activity |
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Hi Greg,
On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 02:17:59PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> > > commit f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4 upstream. > > This modifies the first 32 bits out of the 128 bits of a random CPU's > net_rand_state on interrupt or CPU activity to complicate remote > observations that could lead to guessing the network RNG's internal > state. (...)
Stephen reported at least one powerpc build breakage with this one, and Michael suggested a yet unmerged fix. Thus I'm wondering if we shouldn't postpone inclusion of these 3 random32 backports to stable to give some time to stabilize them and avoid breaking setups.
Just my two cents, Willy
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