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Daniel Borkmann 51c37a70aa random32: fix off-by-one in seeding requirement 
For properly initialising the Tausworthe generator [1], we have
a strict seeding requirement, that is, s1 > 1, s2 > 7, s3 > 15.

Commit 697f8d0348 ("random32: seeding improvement") introduced
a __seed() function that imposes boundary checks proposed by the
errata paper [2] to properly ensure above conditions.

However, we're off by one, as the function is implemented as:
"return (x < m) ? x + m : x;", and called with __seed(X, 1),
__seed(X, 7), __seed(X, 15). Thus, an unwanted seed of 1, 7, 15
would be possible, whereas the lower boundary should actually
be of at least 2, 8, 16, just as GSL does. Fix this, as otherwise
an initialization with an unwanted seed could have the effect
that Tausworthe's PRNG properties cannot not be ensured.

Note that this PRNG is *not* used for cryptography in the kernel.

 [1] http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lecuyer/myftp/papers/tausme.ps
 [2] http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lecuyer/myftp/papers/tausme2.ps

Joint work with Hannes Frederic Sowa.

Fixes: 697f8d0348 ("random32: seeding improvement")
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-11-11 14:32:14 -05:00
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fonts lib: Move fonts from drivers/video/console/ to lib/fonts/ 2013-06-28 10:28:22 +02:00
lz4 lz4: fix compression/decompression signedness mismatch 2013-09-11 15:59:45 -07:00
lzo lib/lzo: Update LZO compression to current upstream version 2013-02-20 19:36:01 +01:00
mpi alpha: Modernize lib/mpi/longlong.h 2013-07-19 13:54:23 -07:00
raid6 md update for v3.12 2013-09-10 13:03:41 -07:00
reed_solomon
xz decompressors: fix typo "POWERPC" 2013-03-13 15:21:48 -07:00
zlib_deflate
zlib_inflate
.gitignore X.509: Implement simple static OID registry 2012-10-08 13:50:18 +10:30
argv_split.c argv_split(): teach it to handle mutable strings 2013-04-29 18:28:19 -07:00
asn1_decoder.c Nothing all that exciting; a new module-from-fd syscall for those who want 2012-12-19 07:55:08 -08:00
atomic64_test.c atomic64_test: simplify the #ifdef for atomic64_dec_if_positive() test 2012-07-30 17:25:16 -07:00
atomic64.c lib: atomic64: Initialize locks statically to fix early users 2012-12-20 13:50:16 -08:00
audit.c
average.c
bcd.c usb/core: use bin2bcd() for bcdDevice in RH 2012-09-10 11:13:16 -07:00
bch.c
bitmap.c propagate name change to comments in kernel source 2012-12-06 10:39:54 +01:00
bitrev.c
bsearch.c
btree.c btree: catch NULL value before it does harm 2012-06-07 14:43:55 -07:00
bug.c taint: add explicit flag to show whether lock dep is still OK. 2013-01-21 17:17:57 +10:30
build_OID_registry X.509: do not emit any informational output 2013-06-19 17:54:06 +02:00
bust_spinlocks.c printk: Provide a wake_up_klogd() off-case 2013-03-22 16:41:20 -07:00
check_signature.c
checksum.c asm-generic headers: Allow yet more arch overrides in checksum.h 2013-02-11 20:00:33 +05:30
clz_ctz.c lib: add weak clz/ctz functions 2013-07-09 10:33:30 -07:00
clz_tab.c
cmdline.c
cordic.c
cpu_rmap.c Remove GENERIC_HARDIRQ config option 2013-09-13 15:09:52 +02:00
cpu-notifier-error-inject.c cpu: rewrite cpu-notifier-error-inject module 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
cpumask.c bootmem: fix wrong call parameter for free_bootmem() 2012-12-11 17:22:28 -08:00
crc7.c
crc8.c
crc16.c
crc32.c lib: crc32: reduce number of cases for crc32{, c}_combine 2013-11-04 15:27:08 -05:00
crc32defs.h crc32: select an algorithm via Kconfig 2012-03-23 16:58:38 -07:00
crc-ccitt.c
crc-itu-t.c
crc-t10dif.c crypto: crct10dif - Add fallback for broken initrds 2013-09-12 15:31:34 +10:00
ctype.c
debug_locks.c mutex: Add support for wound/wait style locks 2013-06-26 12:10:56 +02:00
debugobjects.c debugobjects: Make debug_object_activate() return status 2013-08-18 17:39:55 -07:00
dec_and_lock.c
decompress_bunzip2.c
decompress_inflate.c lib/decompressors: fix "no limit" output buffer length 2013-09-11 15:58:38 -07:00
decompress_unlz4.c lib: add support for LZ4-compressed kernel 2013-07-09 10:33:30 -07:00
decompress_unlzma.c
decompress_unlzo.c lib/lzo: Rename lzo1x_decompress.c to lzo1x_decompress_safe.c 2013-02-20 19:36:00 +01:00
decompress_unxz.c
decompress.c lib: add support for LZ4-compressed kernel 2013-07-09 10:33:30 -07:00
devres.c lib/devres.c: fix misplaced #endif 2013-02-27 19:10:09 -08:00
digsig.c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2013-02-21 08:18:12 -08:00
div64.c math64: New separate div64_u64_rem helper 2013-08-23 09:02:14 -04:00
dma-debug.c dma-debug: update DMA debug API to better handle multiple mappings of a buffer 2013-03-22 16:41:20 -07:00
dump_stack.c x86, asmlinkage: Make dump_stack visible 2013-08-06 14:21:01 -07:00
dynamic_debug.c dynamic debug: line queries failing due to uninitialized local variable 2013-08-28 12:10:53 -07:00
dynamic_queue_limits.c bql: Avoid possible inconsistent calculation. 2012-05-31 18:18:17 -04:00
earlycpio.c earlycpio.c: Fix the confusing comment of find_cpio_data(). 2013-08-14 23:24:01 +02:00
extable.c
fault-inject.c debugfs: add get/set for atomic types 2013-06-03 13:55:01 -07:00
fdt_ro.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_rw.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_strerror.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_sw.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_wip.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
find_last_bit.c
find_next_bit.c
flex_array.c
flex_proportions.c lib/flex_proportions.c: fix corruption of denominator in flexible proportions 2012-09-25 08:59:21 -07:00
gcd.c lib/gcd.c: prevent possible div by 0 2012-10-06 03:04:57 +09:00
gen_crc32table.c sections: fix const sections for crc32 table 2012-10-06 03:04:46 +09:00
genalloc.c lib/genalloc.c: correct dev_get_gen_pool documentation 2013-09-11 15:58:38 -07:00
halfmd4.c
hexdump.c lib: introduce upper case hex ascii helpers 2013-09-20 15:38:26 -04:00
hweight.c
idr.c idr: print a stack dump after ida_remove warning 2013-07-03 16:08:04 -07:00
inflate.c
int_sqrt.c lib/int_sqrt.c: optimize square root algorithm 2013-04-29 18:28:19 -07:00
interval_tree_test_main.c random32: rename random32 to prandom 2012-12-17 17:15:26 -08:00
interval_tree.c mm: interval tree updates 2012-10-09 16:22:40 +09:00
iomap_copy.c
iomap.c
iommu-helper.c The following text was taken from the original review request: 2012-03-24 10:24:31 -07:00
ioremap.c
iovec.c Hoist memcpy_fromiovec/memcpy_toiovec into lib/ 2013-05-20 10:24:22 +09:30
irq_regs.c
is_single_threaded.c
jedec_ddr_data.c ddr: add LPDDR2 data from JESD209-2 2012-05-02 00:04:06 -07:00
kasprintf.c lib/kasprintf.c: use kmalloc_track_caller() to get accurate traces for kvasprintf 2012-10-11 08:50:15 +09:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2013-09-07 14:31:18 -07:00
Kconfig.debug Kconfig: make KOBJECT_RELEASE debugging require timer debugging 2013-10-29 08:33:36 -07:00
Kconfig.kgdb treewide: Fix typo in printk 2013-06-18 13:48:45 +02:00
Kconfig.kmemcheck
kfifo.c kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() and kfifo_init() 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
klist.c klist: del waiter from klist_remove_waiters before wakeup waitting process 2013-05-21 10:16:39 -07:00
kobject_uevent.c netlink: hide struct module parameter in netlink_kernel_create 2012-09-08 18:46:30 -04:00
kobject.c kobject: show debug info on delayed kobject release 2013-10-10 13:56:52 -07:00
kstrtox.c kstrto*: add documentation 2012-12-17 17:15:22 -08:00
kstrtox.h
lcm.c
libcrc32c.c
list_debug.c rcu: Fix broken strings in RCU's source code. 2012-07-06 06:01:49 -07:00
list_sort.c lib/: rename random32() to prandom_u32() 2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00
llist.c llist: fix/simplify llist_add() and llist_add_batch() 2013-07-13 13:29:24 +04:00
locking-selftest-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-mutex.h
locking-selftest-rlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock.h
locking-selftest-rsem.h
locking-selftest-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin.h
locking-selftest-wlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock.h
locking-selftest-wsem.h
locking-selftest.c mutex: Move ww_mutex definitions to ww_mutex.h 2013-07-12 12:07:46 +02:00
lockref.c lockref: use arch_mutex_cpu_relax() in CMPXCHG_LOOP() 2013-09-28 12:46:24 +02:00
lru_cache.c lru_cache: introduce lc_get_cumulative() 2013-03-22 22:17:36 -06:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2013-09-12 16:11:45 -07:00
md5.c
memory-notifier-error-inject.c memory: memory notifier error injection module 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
memweight.c string: introduce memweight() 2012-07-30 17:25:16 -07:00
net_utils.c net: core: move mac_pton() to lib/net_utils.c 2013-06-05 12:00:27 -07:00
nlattr.c netlink: add minlen validation for the new signed types 2012-08-30 13:11:46 -04:00
notifier-error-inject.c mode_t, whack-a-mole at 11... 2013-04-09 14:13:05 -04:00
notifier-error-inject.h fault-injection: notifier error injection 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
of-reconfig-notifier-error-inject.c powerpc+of: Rename and fix OF reconfig notifier error inject module 2012-12-14 10:32:52 +11:00
oid_registry.c Give the OID registry file module info to avoid kernel tainting 2013-05-05 14:38:00 -07:00
parser.c lib/parser.c: fix up comments for valid return values from match_number 2013-02-21 17:22:25 -08:00
pci_iomap.c
percpu_counter.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
percpu_ida.c idr: Percpu ida 2013-09-09 14:29:15 -07:00
percpu-refcount.c percpu_refcount: export symbols 2013-10-16 21:35:53 -07:00
percpu-rwsem.c percpu_rw_semaphore: add lockdep annotations 2012-12-17 17:15:18 -08:00
plist.c lib/plist.c: make plist test announcements KERN_DEBUG 2012-10-06 03:04:58 +09:00
pm-notifier-error-inject.c PM: PM notifier error injection module 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
prio_heap.c
proportions.c
radix-tree.c lib/radix-tree.c: make radix_tree_node_alloc() work correctly within interrupt 2013-09-11 15:59:36 -07:00
random32.c random32: fix off-by-one in seeding requirement 2013-11-11 14:32:14 -05:00
ratelimit.c
rational.c lib: Change mail address of Oskar Schirmer 2012-05-17 15:18:37 +02:00
rbtree_test.c rbtree_test: add test for postorder iteration 2013-09-11 15:59:20 -07:00
rbtree.c rbtree: add postorder iteration functions 2013-09-11 15:59:19 -07:00
reciprocal_div.c
rwsem-spinlock.c rwsem: simplify __rwsem_do_wake 2013-05-07 07:20:16 -07:00
rwsem.c rwsem: check counter to avoid cmpxchg calls 2013-05-07 16:11:51 -07:00
scatterlist.c lib/scatterlist.c: don't flush_kernel_dcache_page on slab page 2013-10-31 16:58:13 -07:00
sha1.c
show_mem.c mm, show_mem: suppress page counts in non-blockable contexts 2013-04-29 15:54:28 -07:00
smp_processor_id.c
sort.c
spinlock_debug.c lib/spinlock_debug: avoid livelock in do_raw_spin_lock() 2012-10-06 03:04:57 +09:00
stmp_device.c lib: add support for stmp-style devices 2012-04-20 23:27:08 +02:00
string_helpers.c lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape 2013-04-30 17:04:03 -07:00
string.c The following text was taken from the original review request: 2012-03-24 10:24:31 -07:00
strncpy_from_user.c word-at-a-time: make the interfaces truly generic 2012-05-26 11:33:40 -07:00
strnlen_user.c lib: Fix generic strnlen_user for 32-bit big-endian machines 2012-05-27 20:59:46 -07:00
swiotlb.c swiotlb: replace dma_length with sg_dma_len() macro 2013-08-09 11:28:42 -04:00
syscall.c
test-kstrtox.c lib/test-kstrtox.c: mark const init data with __initconst instead of __initdata 2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
test-string_helpers.c lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape 2013-04-30 17:04:03 -07:00
textsearch.c
timerqueue.c The following text was taken from the original review request: 2012-03-24 10:24:31 -07:00
ts_bm.c
ts_fsm.c
ts_kmp.c
ucs2_string.c Move utf16 functions to kernel core and rename 2013-04-15 21:23:03 +01:00
usercopy.c Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
uuid.c uuid: use prandom_bytes() 2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00
vsprintf.c add formats for dentry/file pathnames 2013-09-04 00:13:11 -04:00