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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 3/3] KEYS: trusted: Introduce support for NXP CAAM-based trusted keys
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 02:47:18PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 11:37:23PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, TPM trusted keys started this bad security practice, and
> > obviously it cannot be fixed without breaking uapi backwards compatibility.
> >
>
> The whole point of a randomness source is that it is random. So userspace can't
> be depending on any particular output, and the randomness source can be changed
> without breaking backwards compatibility.
>
> So IMO, trusted keys should simply be fixed to use get_random_bytes().
>
> - Eric

It's a bummer but uapi is the god in the end. Since TPM does not do it
today, that behaviour must be supported forever. That's why a boot option
AND a warning would be the best compromise.

/Jarkko

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