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| -rw-r--r-- | miscutils/seedrng.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/seedrng.c b/miscutils/seedrng.c index 8c81835..4f2441a 100644 --- a/miscutils/seedrng.c +++ b/miscutils/seedrng.c @@ -134,12 +134,14 @@ static void seed_from_file_if_exists(const char *filename, int dfd, bool credit, /* We are going to use this data to seed the RNG: * we believe it to genuinely containing entropy. * If this just-unlinked file survives - * (e.g. if machine crashes _right now_) + * (if machine crashes before deletion is recorded on disk) * and we reuse it after reboot, this assumption - * would be violated. Fsync the directory to - * make sure file is gone: + * would be violated, and RNG may end up generating + * the same data. fsync the directory + * to make sure file is gone: */ - fsync(dfd); + if (fsync(dfd) != 0) + bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("I/O error"); //Length is not random, and taking its address spills variable to stack // sha256_hash(hash, &seed_len, sizeof(seed_len)); @@ -210,10 +212,11 @@ int seedrng_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) sha256_hash(&hash, ×tamp, sizeof(timestamp)); for (i = 0; i <= 1; i++) { - seed_from_file_if_exists(i == 0 ? NON_CREDITABLE_SEED_NAME : CREDITABLE_SEED_NAME, - dfd, - /* credit? */ (opts ^ OPT_n) & i, /* 0, then 1 unless -n */ - &hash); + seed_from_file_if_exists( + i == 0 ? NON_CREDITABLE_SEED_NAME : CREDITABLE_SEED_NAME, + dfd, + /*credit?*/ (opts ^ OPT_n) & i, /* 0, then 1 unless -n */ + &hash); } new_seed_len = determine_optimal_seed_len(); @@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ int seedrng_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) sha256_end(&hash, new_seed + new_seed_len - SHA256_OUTSIZE); printf("Saving %u bits of %screditable seed for next boot\n", - (unsigned)new_seed_len * 8, new_seed_creditable ? "" : "non-"); + (unsigned)new_seed_len * 8, new_seed_creditable ? "" : "non-"); fd = xopen3(NON_CREDITABLE_SEED_NAME, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0400); xwrite(fd, new_seed, new_seed_len); if (new_seed_creditable) { |