I would like to introduce the latent_entropy gcc plugin. This plugin mitigates the problem of the kernel having too little entropy during and after boot for generating crypto keys. This plugin mixes random values into the latent_entropy global variable in functions marked by the __latent_entropy attribute. The value of this global variable is added to the kernel entropy pool to increase the entropy. It is a CII project supported by the Linux Foundation. The latent_entropy plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX originally written by the PaX Team. You can find more about the plugin here: https://grsecurity.net/pipermail/grsecurity/2012-July/001093.html The plugin supports all gcc version from 4.5 to 6.0. I do some changes above the PaX version. The important one is mixing the stack pointer into the global variable too. You can find more about the changes here: https://github.com/ephox-gcc-plugins/latent_entropy This patch set is based on the "Introduce GCC plugin infrastructure" patch set (v9). Emese Revfy (3): Add the latent_entropy gcc plugin Mark functions with the latent_entropy attribute Add the extra_latent_entropy kernel parameter --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 + arch/Kconfig | 22 ++ arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile | 8 +- block/blk-softirq.c | 2 +- drivers/char/random.c | 6 +- fs/namespace.c | 2 +- include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 5 + include/linux/compiler.h | 4 + include/linux/fdtable.h | 2 +- include/linux/genhd.h | 2 +- include/linux/init.h | 10 +- include/linux/random.h | 12 +- init/main.c | 1 + kernel/fork.c | 5 +- kernel/rcu/tiny.c | 2 +- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +- kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +- kernel/softirq.c | 4 +- kernel/time/timer.c | 2 +- lib/irq_poll.c | 2 +- lib/random32.c | 2 +- mm/page_alloc.c | 28 ++ net/core/dev.c | 4 +- scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins | 10 +- scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile | 1 + scripts/gcc-plugins/latent_entropy_plugin.c | 446 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 26 files changed, 562 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>