Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them

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Hi Geert,

On 9/26/22, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 7:03 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

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?

Jason



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