Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:10:35 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] m68k: virt: generate new RNG seed on reboot |
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Hi Jason,
On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 7:03 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote: > Rather than rebooting into a system with no entropy, regenerate the RNG > seed before rebooting, so that the new system has a fresh seed. > > Fixes: a1ee38ab1a75 ("m68k: virt: Use RNG seed from bootinfo block") > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Thanks for your patch!
I still doubt this is actually guaranteed to work, as the memory containing the bootinfo might be overwritten during normal operation.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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