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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2013-11-12 10:45:20 +0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2013-11-12 11:05:49 +0400
commite8236c4d9338d52d0f2fcecc0b792ac0542e4ee9 (patch)
treebf3b408a92ba327ce264a47ee1bb30417feaf5d5 /arch/x86/boot
parenta653f3563c51c7bb7de63d607bef09d3baddaeb8 (diff)
downloadlinux-e8236c4d9338d52d0f2fcecc0b792ac0542e4ee9.tar.xz
x86, kaslr: Add a circular multiply for better bit diffusion
If we don't have RDRAND (in which case nothing else *should* matter), most sources have a highly biased entropy distribution. Use a circular multiply to diffuse the entropic bits. A circular multiply is a good operation for this: it is cheap on standard hardware and because it is symmetric (unlike an ordinary multiply) it doesn't introduce its own bias. Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131111222839.GA28616@www.outflux.net
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
index 8746487fa916..38a07cc4fbac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ static unsigned long get_random_boot(void)
static unsigned long get_random_long(void)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ const unsigned long mix_const = 0x5d6008cbf3848dd3UL;
+#else
+ const unsigned long mix_const = 0x3f39e593UL;
+#endif
unsigned long raw, random = get_random_boot();
bool use_i8254 = true;
@@ -90,6 +95,12 @@ static unsigned long get_random_long(void)
random ^= i8254();
}
+ /* Circular multiply for better bit diffusion */
+ asm("mul %3"
+ : "=a" (random), "=d" (raw)
+ : "a" (random), "rm" (mix_const));
+ random += raw;
+
debug_putstr("...\n");
return random;