Re: [PATCH] random: fix the RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl

From: Jann Horn
Date: Mon Jan 11 2021 - 19:40:33 EST


On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:55 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 10:52:14AM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 09:33:43AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 08:50:21PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 09:19:08PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > > > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > The RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl reseeds the primary_crng from itself, which
> > > > > doesn't make sense. Reseed it from the input_pool instead.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: d848e5f8e1eb ("random: add new ioctl RNDRESEEDCRNG")
> > > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Ping?
> > >
> > > Ping.
> >
> > Ping.
>
> Ping.

You may want to resend to akpm with a note that the maintainer is unresponsive.