Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:57:02 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them |
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 7:03 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote: > The RNG seed boot record is memzeroed after processing, in order to > preserve forward secrecy. By saving the bootinfo for procfs prior to > that, forward secrecy is violated, since it becomes possible to recover > past states. So, save the bootinfo block only after first processing > them. > > Fixes: a1ee38ab1a75 ("m68k: virt: Use RNG seed from bootinfo block") > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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