2 * Non-physical true random number generator based on timing jitter --
3 * Linux Kernel Crypto API specific code
5 * Copyright Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>, 2015
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40 #include <linux/kernel.h>
41 #include <linux/module.h>
42 #include <linux/slab.h>
43 #include <linux/time.h>
44 #include <crypto/internal/rng.h>
46 #include "jitterentropy.h"
48 /***************************************************************************
50 ***************************************************************************/
52 void *jent_zalloc(unsigned int len)
54 return kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
57 void jent_zfree(void *ptr)
62 void jent_panic(char *s)
67 void jent_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned int n)
73 * Obtain a high-resolution time stamp value. The time stamp is used to measure
74 * the execution time of a given code path and its variations. Hence, the time
75 * stamp must have a sufficiently high resolution.
77 * Note, if the function returns zero because a given architecture does not
78 * implement a high-resolution time stamp, the RNG code's runtime test
79 * will detect it and will not produce output.
81 void jent_get_nstime(__u64 *out)
85 tmp = random_get_entropy();
88 * If random_get_entropy does not return a value, i.e. it is not
89 * implemented for a given architecture, use a clock source.
90 * hoping that there are timers we can work with.
98 /***************************************************************************
99 * Kernel crypto API interface
100 ***************************************************************************/
102 struct jitterentropy {
103 spinlock_t jent_lock;
104 struct rand_data *entropy_collector;
105 unsigned int reset_cnt;
108 static int jent_kcapi_init(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
110 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
113 rng->entropy_collector = jent_entropy_collector_alloc(1, 0);
114 if (!rng->entropy_collector)
117 spin_lock_init(&rng->jent_lock);
121 static void jent_kcapi_cleanup(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
123 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
125 spin_lock(&rng->jent_lock);
126 if (rng->entropy_collector)
127 jent_entropy_collector_free(rng->entropy_collector);
128 rng->entropy_collector = NULL;
129 spin_unlock(&rng->jent_lock);
132 static int jent_kcapi_random(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
133 const u8 *src, unsigned int slen,
134 u8 *rdata, unsigned int dlen)
136 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_rng_ctx(tfm);
139 spin_lock(&rng->jent_lock);
141 /* Return a permanent error in case we had too many resets in a row. */
142 if (rng->reset_cnt > (1<<10)) {
147 ret = jent_read_entropy(rng->entropy_collector, rdata, dlen);
149 /* Reset RNG in case of health failures */
151 pr_warn_ratelimited("Reset Jitter RNG due to health test failure: %s failure\n",
152 (ret == -2) ? "Repetition Count Test" :
153 "Adaptive Proportion Test");
161 /* Convert the Jitter RNG error into a usable error code */
167 spin_unlock(&rng->jent_lock);
172 static int jent_kcapi_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
173 const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
178 static struct rng_alg jent_alg = {
179 .generate = jent_kcapi_random,
180 .seed = jent_kcapi_reset,
183 .cra_name = "jitterentropy_rng",
184 .cra_driver_name = "jitterentropy_rng",
186 .cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct jitterentropy),
187 .cra_module = THIS_MODULE,
188 .cra_init = jent_kcapi_init,
189 .cra_exit = jent_kcapi_cleanup,
194 static int __init jent_mod_init(void)
198 ret = jent_entropy_init();
200 pr_info("jitterentropy: Initialization failed with host not compliant with requirements: %d\n", ret);
203 return crypto_register_rng(&jent_alg);
206 static void __exit jent_mod_exit(void)
208 crypto_unregister_rng(&jent_alg);
211 module_init(jent_mod_init);
212 module_exit(jent_mod_exit);
214 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
215 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>");
216 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Non-physical True Random Number Generator based on CPU Jitter");
217 MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO("jitterentropy_rng");