Re: [PATCH stable] efi: random: combine bootloader provided RNG seed with RNG protocol output

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 18:32, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 6:20 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 18:10, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 6:09 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 05:57:21PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > > > > Thanks! IIRC, this applies to all current stable kernels (now that
> > > > > you've sunsetted 4.9).
> > > >
> > > > It does not apply cleanly to 5.4.y or 4.19.y or 4.14.y so can you
> > > > provide working backports for them?
> > >
> > > Oh, darn. I thought it would for some reason. Okay, lemme get cranking on that.
> >
> > Should we bother? Isn't v5.10 far enough back for this? This is not a
> > bugfix after all.
>
> This *is* a bug fix. And not just because we used to clobber that
> configuration table unnecessarily, but moreover because of the forward
> secrecy issues due to the missing memzero. We did all that in a single
> patch under the assumption that this would be backported as a unit.
>
> Anyway, don't sweat it - I'm working on the backport now. Seems
> straightforward enough.
>

Fair enough.



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