From: "Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: mix all saved registers into entropy pool
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:38:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140521203811.GB30084@logfs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140521193905.GN1873@two.firstfloor.org>
On Wed, 21 May 2014 21:39:05 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> > I think leaking of private keys or similar information is not a
> > concern. But please prove me wrong. Better you now than someone else
> > later.
>
> While I don't have a concrete exploit it seems seems dangerous to me.
> The LibreSSL people just removed a similar behavior from OpenSSL.
Btw, if your concern were justified, that would also speak volumes
about the quality of our random generator - with or without my patch.
Either you are wrong or we have a real problem on our hands already.
Jörn
--
This above all: to thine own self be true.
-- Shakespeare
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-21 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-19 21:17 Jörn Engel
2014-05-19 21:23 ` Jörn Engel
2014-05-19 22:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-19 22:39 ` Jörn Engel
2014-05-19 23:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-19 23:18 ` Jörn Engel
2014-05-20 12:12 ` Andi Kleen
2014-05-20 20:08 ` Jörn Engel
2014-05-21 19:39 ` Andi Kleen
2014-05-21 20:29 ` Jörn Engel
2014-05-21 20:38 ` Jörn Engel [this message]
2014-06-04 23:17 ` Jörn Engel
2014-06-10 16:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-11 0:10 ` Jörn Engel
2014-06-11 15:27 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-12 20:25 ` Jörn Engel
2014-06-12 20:05 ` Jörn Engel
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-02-02 20:36 [PATCH,RFC] random: collect cpu randomness Jörn Engel
2014-02-03 15:50 ` Jörn Engel
2014-02-03 16:37 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-02-03 18:48 ` Jörn Engel
2014-03-23 18:00 ` [PATCH] random: mix all saved registers into entropy pool Jörn Engel
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