[PATCH 4.8 71/92] hwrng: core - Dont use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness()

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4.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 6d4952d9d9d4dc2bb9c0255d95a09405a1e958f7 upstream.

hw_random carefully avoids using a stack buffer except in
add_early_randomness().  This causes a crash in virtio_rng if
CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y.

Reported-by: Matt Mullins <mmullins@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Matt Mullins <mmullins@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: d3cc7996473a ("hwrng: fetch randomness only after device init")
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ static size_t rng_buffer_size(void)
 
 static void add_early_randomness(struct hwrng *rng)
 {
-	unsigned char bytes[16];
 	int bytes_read;
+	size_t size = min_t(size_t, 16, rng_buffer_size());
 
 	mutex_lock(&reading_mutex);
-	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, bytes, sizeof(bytes), 1);
+	bytes_read = rng_get_data(rng, rng_buffer, size, 1);
 	mutex_unlock(&reading_mutex);
 	if (bytes_read > 0)
-		add_device_randomness(bytes, bytes_read);
+		add_device_randomness(rng_buffer, bytes_read);
 }
 
 static inline void cleanup_rng(struct kref *kref)


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