From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:06:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHmME9qnsaUq4PvXM-BW63B=gvgzR3gV6zszEy2VFgzCx=B=wQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVJoocGUugnhv=pbgu7z6MFexmRGH1JkQCjm9g-=HiowQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Geert,
On 9/26/22, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 7:03 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>> The RNG seed boot record is memzeroed after processing, in order to
>> preserve forward secrecy. By saving the bootinfo for procfs prior to
>> that, forward secrecy is violated, since it becomes possible to recover
>> past states. So, save the bootinfo block only after first processing
>> them.
>>
>> Fixes: a1ee38ab1a75 ("m68k: virt: Use RNG seed from bootinfo block")
>> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Thanks for the review.
Did you intend to take these 3 patches through your m68k tree, or did
you want me to take them for some reason instead?
Jason
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-26 10:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-23 17:03 [PATCH v3 1/3] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-23 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] m68k: virt: generate new RNG seed on reboot Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-26 10:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-09-26 10:18 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-23 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] m68k: rework BI_VIRT_RNG_SEED as BI_RNG_SEED Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-26 10:27 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-09-26 11:08 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-26 11:36 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-26 9:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-09-26 10:06 ` Jason A. Donenfeld [this message]
2022-09-26 10:08 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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