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/fips.h>
41 #include <linux/kernel.h>
42 #include <linux/module.h>
43 #include <linux/slab.h>
44 #include <linux/time.h>
45 #include <crypto/internal/rng.h>
47 #include "jitterentropy.h"
49 /***************************************************************************
51 ***************************************************************************/
53 void *jent_zalloc(unsigned int len)
55 return kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
58 void jent_zfree(void *ptr)
63 void jent_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned int n)
69 * Obtain a high-resolution time stamp value. The time stamp is used to measure
70 * the execution time of a given code path and its variations. Hence, the time
71 * stamp must have a sufficiently high resolution.
73 * Note, if the function returns zero because a given architecture does not
74 * implement a high-resolution time stamp, the RNG code's runtime test
75 * will detect it and will not produce output.
77 void jent_get_nstime(__u64 *out)
81 tmp = random_get_entropy();
84 * If random_get_entropy does not return a value, i.e. it is not
85 * implemented for a given architecture, use a clock source.
86 * hoping that there are timers we can work with.
94 /***************************************************************************
95 * Kernel crypto API interface
96 ***************************************************************************/
98 struct jitterentropy {
100 struct rand_data *entropy_collector;
103 static int jent_kcapi_init(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
105 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
108 rng->entropy_collector = jent_entropy_collector_alloc(1, 0);
109 if (!rng->entropy_collector)
112 spin_lock_init(&rng->jent_lock);
116 static void jent_kcapi_cleanup(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
118 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
120 spin_lock(&rng->jent_lock);
121 if (rng->entropy_collector)
122 jent_entropy_collector_free(rng->entropy_collector);
123 rng->entropy_collector = NULL;
124 spin_unlock(&rng->jent_lock);
127 static int jent_kcapi_random(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
128 const u8 *src, unsigned int slen,
129 u8 *rdata, unsigned int dlen)
131 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_rng_ctx(tfm);
134 spin_lock(&rng->jent_lock);
136 ret = jent_read_entropy(rng->entropy_collector, rdata, dlen);
139 /* Handle permanent health test error */
141 * If the kernel was booted with fips=1, it implies that
142 * the entire kernel acts as a FIPS 140 module. In this case
143 * an SP800-90B permanent health test error is treated as
144 * a FIPS module error.
147 panic("Jitter RNG permanent health test failure\n");
149 pr_err("Jitter RNG permanent health test failure\n");
151 } else if (ret == -2) {
152 /* Handle intermittent health test error */
153 pr_warn_ratelimited("Reset Jitter RNG due to intermittent health test failure\n");
155 } else if (ret == -1) {
156 /* Handle other errors */
160 spin_unlock(&rng->jent_lock);
165 static int jent_kcapi_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
166 const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
171 static struct rng_alg jent_alg = {
172 .generate = jent_kcapi_random,
173 .seed = jent_kcapi_reset,
176 .cra_name = "jitterentropy_rng",
177 .cra_driver_name = "jitterentropy_rng",
179 .cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct jitterentropy),
180 .cra_module = THIS_MODULE,
181 .cra_init = jent_kcapi_init,
182 .cra_exit = jent_kcapi_cleanup,
187 static int __init jent_mod_init(void)
191 ret = jent_entropy_init();
193 /* Handle permanent health test error */
195 panic("jitterentropy: Initialization failed with host not compliant with requirements: %d\n", ret);
197 pr_info("jitterentropy: Initialization failed with host not compliant with requirements: %d\n", ret);
200 return crypto_register_rng(&jent_alg);
203 static void __exit jent_mod_exit(void)
205 crypto_unregister_rng(&jent_alg);
208 module_init(jent_mod_init);
209 module_exit(jent_mod_exit);
211 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
212 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>");
213 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Non-physical True Random Number Generator based on CPU Jitter");
214 MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO("jitterentropy_rng");