From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 815BCECE58B for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2019 17:59:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DB622086A for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2019 17:59:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731234AbfJCR7G (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Oct 2019 13:59:06 -0400 Received: from mga07.intel.com ([134.134.136.100]:44326 "EHLO mga07.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731174AbfJCR7G (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Oct 2019 13:59:06 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga004.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.38]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 03 Oct 2019 10:59:05 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.67,253,1566889200"; d="scan'208";a="343737720" Received: from okiselev-mobl1.ccr.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.251.93.117]) by orsmga004.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 Oct 2019 10:59:00 -0700 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 20:58:54 +0300 From: Jarkko Sakkinen To: Mimi Zohar Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, David Howells , Herbert Xu , "David S. Miller" , "open list:ASYMMETRIC KEYS" , "open list:CRYPTO API" , open list Subject: Re: [PATCH] KEYS: asym_tpm: Switch to get_random_bytes() Message-ID: <20191003175854.GB19679@linux.intel.com> References: <20190926171601.30404-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <1570024819.4999.119.camel@linux.ibm.com> <20191003114119.GF8933@linux.intel.com> <1570107752.4421.183.camel@linux.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1570107752.4421.183.camel@linux.ibm.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 09:02:32AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 14:41 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 10:00:19AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > > On Thu, 2019-09-26 at 20:16 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > > > Only the kernel random pool should be used for generating random numbers. > > > > TPM contributes to that pool among the other sources of entropy. In here it > > > > is not, agreed, absolutely critical because TPM is what is trusted anyway > > > > but in order to remove tpm_get_random() we need to first remove all the > > > > call sites. > > > > > > At what point during boot is the kernel random pool available?  Does > > > this imply that you're planning on changing trusted keys as well? > > > > Well trusted keys *must* be changed to use it. It is not a choice > > because using a proprietary random number generator instead of defacto > > one in the kernel can be categorized as a *regression*. > > I really don't see how using the TPM random number for TPM trusted > keys would be considered a regression.  That by definition is a > trusted key.  If anything, changing what is currently being done would > be the regression.  It is really not a TPM trusted key. It trusted key that gets sealed with the TPM. The key itself is used in clear by kernel. The random number generator exists in the kernel to for a reason. It is without doubt a regression. /Jarkko