Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 3:09 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The RNG seed boot record is memzeroed after processing, in order to
> preserve forward secrecy. By saving the bootinfo for procfs prior to
> that, forward secrecy is violated, since it becomes possible to recover
> past states. So, save the bootinfo block only after first processing
> them.
>
> Fixes: a1ee38ab1a75 ("m68k: virt: Use RNG seed from bootinfo block")
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v6.1 branch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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