crypto: drbg - move dynamic ->reseed_threshold adjustments to __drbg_seed()

Since commit 42ea507fae1a ("crypto: drbg - reseed often if seedsource is
degraded"), the maximum seed lifetime represented by ->reseed_threshold
gets temporarily lowered if the get_random_bytes() source cannot provide
sufficient entropy yet, as is common during boot, and restored back to
the original value again once that has changed.

More specifically, if the add_random_ready_callback() invoked from
drbg_prepare_hrng() in the course of DRBG instantiation does not return
-EALREADY, that is, if get_random_bytes() has not been fully initialized
at this point yet, drbg_prepare_hrng() will lower ->reseed_threshold
to a value of 50. The drbg_async_seed() scheduled from said
random_ready_callback will eventually restore the original value.

A future patch will replace the random_ready_callback based notification
mechanism and thus, there will be no add_random_ready_callback() return
value anymore which could get compared to -EALREADY.

However, there's __drbg_seed() which gets invoked in the course of both,
the DRBG instantiation as well as the eventual reseeding from
get_random_bytes() in aforementioned drbg_async_seed(), if any. Moreover,
it knows about the get_random_bytes() initialization state by the time the
seed data had been obtained from it: the new_seed_state argument introduced
with the previous patch would get set to DRBG_SEED_STATE_PARTIAL in case
get_random_bytes() had not been fully initialized yet and to
DRBG_SEED_STATE_FULL otherwise. Thus, __drbg_seed() provides a convenient
alternative for managing that ->reseed_threshold lowering and restoring at
a central place.

Move all ->reseed_threshold adjustment code from drbg_prepare_hrng() and
drbg_async_seed() respectively to __drbg_seed(). Make __drbg_seed()
lower the ->reseed_threshold to 50 in case its new_seed_state argument
equals DRBG_SEED_STATE_PARTIAL and let it restore the original value
otherwise.

There is no change in behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

diff --git a/crypto/drbg.c b/crypto/drbg.c
index d71c704d0cd2d4b6ab2cdf51e4bd0b89499d2f13..9b233e86a5f0c01c83026bb5bc4780ce81c0850f 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/drbg.c
+++ b/crypto/drbg.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,27 @@ static inline int __drbg_seed(struct drbg_state *drbg, struct list_head *seed,
        /* 10.1.1.2 / 10.1.1.3 step 5 */
        drbg->reseed_ctr = 1;
 
+       switch (drbg->seeded) {
+       case DRBG_SEED_STATE_UNSEEDED:
+               /* Impossible, but handle it to silence compiler warnings. */
+               fallthrough;
+       case DRBG_SEED_STATE_PARTIAL:
+               /*
+                * Require frequent reseeds until the seed source is
+                * fully initialized.
+                */
+               drbg->reseed_threshold = 50;
+               break;
+
+       case DRBG_SEED_STATE_FULL:
+               /*
+                * Seed source has become fully initialized, frequent
+                * reseeds no longer required.
+                */
+               drbg->reseed_threshold = drbg_max_requests(drbg);
+               break;
+       }
+
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1095,9 +1116,6 @@ static void drbg_async_seed(struct work_struct *work)
 
        __drbg_seed(drbg, &seedlist, true, DRBG_SEED_STATE_FULL);
 
-       if (drbg->seeded == DRBG_SEED_STATE_FULL)
-               drbg->reseed_threshold = drbg_max_requests(drbg);
-
 unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&drbg->drbg_mutex);
 
@@ -1534,12 +1552,6 @@ static int drbg_prepare_hrng(struct drbg_state *drbg)
                return err;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * Require frequent reseeds until the seed source is fully
-        * initialized.
-        */
-       drbg->reseed_threshold = 50;
-
        return err;
 }