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Bug #1013192 [src:linux] linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64: ridiculously small
entropy pool
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Bug #1013192 [src:linux] linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64: ridiculously
Bastian Blank dixit:
>The pool size for an RPNG is only the size of the state, nothing else.
Yes, and that is the problem. It was small before, it’s ridiculous now.
>might not have had any value before anyway. You just need to reseed on
>a regular interval.
Ugh. I recall reading something
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On Saturday, 18 June 2022 21:52:41 CEST Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Version: 5.10.120-1
> Severity: serious
> Tags: security
There has been a HUGE changeset applied between 5.10.118 and 5.10.119 and while
not entirely certain, I'm quite
On Saturday, 18 June 2022 22:47:01 CEST Diederik de Haas wrote:
> Here are some more 'random' threads I have found:
And this seems like an entire document explaining it:
https://www.zx2c4.com/projects/linux-rng-5.17-5.18/
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Bug #1013192 [src:linux] linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64: ridiculously small
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entropy pool
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 09:52:41PM +0200, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize is now 256 instead of 4096 bits,
> which was already small before.
The pool size for an RPNG is only the size of the state, nothing else.
It
Package: src:linux
Version: 5.10.120-1
Severity: serious
Tags: security
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/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize is now 256 instead of 4096 bits,
which was already small before.
Why was such a change allowed into stable?
This also breaks rngd’s --fill-watermark
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