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| author |   Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de> | 2021-11-30 15:10:07 +0100 |
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| committer |   Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> | 2021-12-11 16:48:06 +1100 |
| commit | 8f7977284331d0b0f210efa98a5d3fdcb2a65dd3 (patch) | |
| tree | dd5846abbb8c8aab2834c91604e2c75d329bed0f /crypto/jitterentropy.h | |
| parent | crypto: stm32/cryp - reorder hw initialization (diff) | |
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crypto: drbg - ignore jitterentropy errors if not in FIPS mode
A subsequent patch will make the jitterentropy RNG to unconditionally
report health test errors back to callers, independent of whether
fips_enabled is set or not. The DRBG needs access to a functional
jitterentropy instance only in FIPS mode (because it's the only SP800-90B
compliant entropy source as it currently stands). Thus, it is perfectly
fine for the DRBGs to obtain entropy from the jitterentropy source only
on a best effort basis if fips_enabled is off.
Make the DRBGs to ignore jitterentropy failures if fips_enabled is not set.
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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