Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random

Pull random driver fix from Ted Ts'o:
 "Fix things so the choice of whether or not to trust RDRAND to
  initialize the CRNG is configurable via the boot option
  random.trust_cpu={on,off}"

* tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
  random: make CPU trust a boot parameter

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index ce277ee0a28a..40728491f37b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -566,5 +566,5 @@ config RANDOM_TRUST_CPU
 	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.
-
+	random number generation facilities. This can also be configured
+	at boot with "random.trust_cpu=on/off".
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index bf5f99fc36f1..c75b6cdf0053 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -779,6 +779,13 @@ static struct crng_state **crng_node_pool __read_mostly;
 
 static void invalidate_batched_entropy(void);
 
+static bool trust_cpu __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU);
+static int __init parse_trust_cpu(char *arg)
+{
+	return kstrtobool(arg, &trust_cpu);
+}
+early_param("random.trust_cpu", parse_trust_cpu);
+
 static void crng_initialize(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
 	int		i;
@@ -799,12 +806,10 @@ static void crng_initialize(struct crng_state *crng)
 		}
 		crng->state[i] ^= rv;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU
-	if (arch_init) {
+	if (trust_cpu && arch_init) {
 		crng_init = 2;
 		pr_notice("random: crng done (trusting CPU's manufacturer)\n");
 	}
-#endif
 	crng->init_time = jiffies - CRNG_RESEED_INTERVAL - 1;
 }