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diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index 212f447938ae..ce277ee0a28a 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -554,3 +554,17 @@ config ADI endmenu +config RANDOM_TRUST_CPU + bool "Trust the CPU manufacturer to initialize Linux's CRNG" + depends on X86 || S390 || PPC + default n + help + Assume that CPU manufacturer (e.g., Intel or AMD for RDSEED or + RDRAND, IBM for the S390 and Power PC architectures) is trustworthy + for the purposes of initializing Linux's CRNG. Since this is not + something that can be independently audited, this amounts to trusting + that CPU manufacturer (perhaps with the insistence or mandate + of a Nation State's intelligence or law enforcement agencies) + has not installed a hidden back door to compromise the CPU's + random number generation facilities. + |