[PATCH] random: fix locking for crng_init in crng_reseed()

From: Dominik Brodowski
Date: Wed Feb 09 2022 - 13:59:15 EST


crng_init is protected by primary_crng->lock. Therefore, we need
to hold this lock when increasing crng_init to 2. As we shouldn't
hold this lock for too long, only hold it for those parts which
require protection.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/random.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index cc4d9d414df2..aee56032ebb4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ static void crng_slow_load(const void *cp, unsigned int len)

static void crng_reseed(void)
{
+ bool complete_init = false;
unsigned long flags;
int entropy_count;
unsigned long next_gen;
@@ -526,12 +527,14 @@ static void crng_reseed(void)
++next_gen;
WRITE_ONCE(base_crng.generation, next_gen);
base_crng.birth = jiffies;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base_crng.lock, flags);
- memzero_explicit(key, sizeof(key));
-
if (crng_init < 2) {
invalidate_batched_entropy();
crng_init = 2;
+ complete_init = true;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base_crng.lock, flags);
+ memzero_explicit(key, sizeof(key));
+ if (complete_init) {
process_random_ready_list();
wake_up_interruptible(&crng_init_wait);
kill_fasync(&fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);