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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KEYS: trusted: allow module init if TPM is inactive or deactivated
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 01:34:59PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> Not a criticism of your patch, but can we please stop doing this.
> Single random number sources are horrendously bad practice because it
> gives an attacker a single target to subvert. We should ensure the TPM
> is plugged into the kernel RNG as a source and then take randomness
> from the mixed pool so it's harder for an attacker because they have to
> subvert all our sources to predict what came out.

It is and I agree.

/Jarkko

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