On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 05:44:18PM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> On 04/ 4/17 10:12 AM, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> > This allows to fix CVE-2017-2626 on Linux platforms without pulling in
> > libbsd.
> > The libc getentropy() is available since glibc 2.25 but also on OpenBSD.
> > For Linux, we need at least a v3.17 kernel. If the recommended
> > arc4random_buf() function is not available, emulate it by first trying
> > to use getentropy() on a supported glibc and kernel. If the call fails,
> > fall back to the current (partly vulnerable) code.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <[email protected]>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > changes in v2:
> > - use the getentropy() from glibc, not the plain syscall
> > - make it clear that arc4random_buf() should be preferred and that we
> >   are only adding band-aids on top of the missing function
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]>

Thanks

   1746abb..ff5e59f  master -> master

Cheers,
   Peter
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