This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
crypto: jitter - fix CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY help text
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
crypto-jitter-fix-crypto_jitterentropy-help-text.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit bc770998c495e796f5df9bd82747db1f8ed77eeb
Author: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Feb 17 08:55:13 2024 -0800
crypto: jitter - fix CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY help text
[ Upstream commit e63df1ec9a16dd9e13e9068243e64876de06f795 ]
Correct various small problems in the help text:
a. change 2 spaces to ", "
b. finish an incomplete sentence
c. change non-working URL to working URL
Fixes: a9a98d49da52 ("crypto: Kconfig - simplify compression/RNG entries")
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218458
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robert Elliott <elliott@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Biedl <bugzilla.kernel.bpeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 650b1b3620d81..fc0f75d8be01d 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -1291,10 +1291,11 @@ config CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY
A non-physical non-deterministic ("true") RNG (e.g., an entropy source
compliant with NIST SP800-90B) intended to provide a seed to a
- deterministic RNG (e.g. per NIST SP800-90C).
+ deterministic RNG (e.g., per NIST SP800-90C).
This RNG does not perform any cryptographic whitening of the generated
+ random numbers.
- See https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
+ See https://www.chronox.de/jent/
config CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_TESTINTERFACE
bool "CPU Jitter RNG Test Interface"
