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/kernel.h>
41 #include <linux/module.h>
42 #include <linux/slab.h>
43 #include <linux/fips.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 int jent_fips_enabled(void)
68 void jent_panic(char *s)
73 void jent_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned int n)
79 * Obtain a high-resolution time stamp value. The time stamp is used to measure
80 * the execution time of a given code path and its variations. Hence, the time
81 * stamp must have a sufficiently high resolution.
83 * Note, if the function returns zero because a given architecture does not
84 * implement a high-resolution time stamp, the RNG code's runtime test
85 * will detect it and will not produce output.
87 void jent_get_nstime(__u64 *out)
91 tmp = random_get_entropy();
94 * If random_get_entropy does not return a value, i.e. it is not
95 * implemented for a given architecture, use a clock source.
96 * hoping that there are timers we can work with.
104 /***************************************************************************
105 * Kernel crypto API interface
106 ***************************************************************************/
108 struct jitterentropy {
109 spinlock_t jent_lock;
110 struct rand_data *entropy_collector;
111 unsigned int reset_cnt;
114 static int jent_kcapi_init(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
116 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
119 rng->entropy_collector = jent_entropy_collector_alloc(1, 0);
120 if (!rng->entropy_collector)
123 spin_lock_init(&rng->jent_lock);
127 static void jent_kcapi_cleanup(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
129 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
131 spin_lock(&rng->jent_lock);
132 if (rng->entropy_collector)
133 jent_entropy_collector_free(rng->entropy_collector);
134 rng->entropy_collector = NULL;
135 spin_unlock(&rng->jent_lock);
138 static int jent_kcapi_random(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
139 const u8 *src, unsigned int slen,
140 u8 *rdata, unsigned int dlen)
142 struct jitterentropy *rng = crypto_rng_ctx(tfm);
145 spin_lock(&rng->jent_lock);
147 /* Return a permanent error in case we had too many resets in a row. */
148 if (rng->reset_cnt > (1<<10)) {
153 ret = jent_read_entropy(rng->entropy_collector, rdata, dlen);
155 /* Reset RNG in case of health failures */
157 pr_warn_ratelimited("Reset Jitter RNG due to health test failure: %s failure\n",
158 (ret == -2) ? "Repetition Count Test" :
159 "Adaptive Proportion Test");
167 /* Convert the Jitter RNG error into a usable error code */
173 spin_unlock(&rng->jent_lock);
178 static int jent_kcapi_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
179 const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
184 static struct rng_alg jent_alg = {
185 .generate = jent_kcapi_random,
186 .seed = jent_kcapi_reset,
189 .cra_name = "jitterentropy_rng",
190 .cra_driver_name = "jitterentropy_rng",
192 .cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct jitterentropy),
193 .cra_module = THIS_MODULE,
194 .cra_init = jent_kcapi_init,
195 .cra_exit = jent_kcapi_cleanup,
200 static int __init jent_mod_init(void)
204 ret = jent_entropy_init();
206 pr_info("jitterentropy: Initialization failed with host not compliant with requirements: %d\n", ret);
209 return crypto_register_rng(&jent_alg);
212 static void __exit jent_mod_exit(void)
214 crypto_unregister_rng(&jent_alg);
217 module_init(jent_mod_init);
218 module_exit(jent_mod_exit);
220 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
221 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>");
222 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Non-physical True Random Number Generator based on CPU Jitter");
223 MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO("jitterentropy_rng");