Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:08:36 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them |
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Hi Jason,
On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 12:06 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote: > On 9/26/22, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > 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> > > Thanks for the review. > > Did you intend to take these 3 patches through your m68k tree, or did > you want me to take them for some reason instead?
This is all TBD, see the comments I'm writing on the other patches ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
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