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SubjectRE: [PATCH 1/1 v9] use crc32 instead of md5 for hibernation e820 integrity check
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> From: Chris von Recklinghausen <crecklin@redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 6:17 AM
> ...
> Hibernation fails on a system in fips mode because md5 is used for the e820
> integrity check and is not available. Use crc32 instead.
>
> The check is intended to detect whether the E820 memory map provided
> by the firmware after cold boot unexpectedly differs from the one that
> was in use when the hibernation image was created. In this case, the
> hibernation image cannot be restored, as it may cover memory regions
> that are no longer available to the OS.
>
> A non-cryptographic checksum such as CRC-32 is sufficient to detect such
> inadvertent deviations.
>
> Fixes: 62a03defeabd ("PM / hibernate: Verify the consistent of e820 memory
> map
> by md5 digest")
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris von Recklinghausen <crecklin@redhat.com>
> ---

Tested-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>

Thanks Chris and all for the patch!

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