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| author | Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> | 2026-04-28 12:14:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> | 2026-05-07 16:10:03 +0800 |
| commit | ea5e57cc97185329dcc5ebdcaae7e1500bf0ad0b (patch) | |
| tree | 64608a7f5c18e77a6a11978e2fc63ca95240883f | |
| parent | bee54677bc516e28ced4276792958f0f1a264871 (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-ea5e57cc97185329dcc5ebdcaae7e1500bf0ad0b.tar.gz linux-next-ea5e57cc97185329dcc5ebdcaae7e1500bf0ad0b.zip | |
crypto: atmel-sha204a - drop hwrng quality reduction for ATSHA204A
Commit 8006aff15516 ("crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to
lowest possible") reduced the hwrng quality to 1 based on a review by
Bill Cox [1]. However, despite its title, the review only tested the
ATSHA204, not the ATSHA204A.
In the same thread, Atmel engineer Landon Cox wrote "this behavior has
been eliminated entirely"[2] in the ATSHA204A and "this problem does not
affect the ATECC108 or the ATECC108A (or the ATSHA204A)"[3].
According to the official ATSHA204A datasheet [4], the device contains a
high-quality hardware RNG that combines its output with an internal seed
value stored in EEPROM or SRAM to generate random numbers. The device
also implements all security functions using SHA-256, and the driver
uses the chip's Random command in seed-update mode.
Keep 'quality = 1' for ATSHA204, but drop the explicit hwrng quality
reduction for ATSHA204A and fall back to the hwrng core default.
[1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html
[2] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023852.html
[3] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023886.html
[4] https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/ATSHA204A-Data-Sheet-40002025A.pdf
Fixes: 8006aff15516 ("crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c index 5699bb532325..ed7d69bf6890 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c @@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ #include <linux/workqueue.h> #include "atmel-i2c.h" +/* + * According to review by Bill Cox [1], the ATSHA204 has very low entropy. + * [1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html + */ +static const unsigned short atsha204_quality = 1; + static void atmel_sha204a_rng_done(struct atmel_i2c_work_data *work_data, void *areq, int status) { @@ -158,6 +164,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group atmel_sha204a_groups = { static int atmel_sha204a_probe(struct i2c_client *client) { struct atmel_i2c_client_priv *i2c_priv; + const unsigned short *quality; int ret; ret = atmel_i2c_probe(client); @@ -171,11 +178,9 @@ static int atmel_sha204a_probe(struct i2c_client *client) i2c_priv->hwrng.name = dev_name(&client->dev); i2c_priv->hwrng.read = atmel_sha204a_rng_read; - /* - * According to review by Bill Cox [1], this HWRNG has very low entropy. - * [1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html - */ - i2c_priv->hwrng.quality = 1; + quality = i2c_get_match_data(client); + if (quality) + i2c_priv->hwrng.quality = *quality; ret = devm_hwrng_register(&client->dev, &i2c_priv->hwrng); if (ret) @@ -203,14 +208,14 @@ static void atmel_sha204a_remove(struct i2c_client *client) } static const struct of_device_id atmel_sha204a_dt_ids[] __maybe_unused = { - { .compatible = "atmel,atsha204", }, + { .compatible = "atmel,atsha204", .data = &atsha204_quality }, { .compatible = "atmel,atsha204a", }, { /* sentinel */ } }; MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, atmel_sha204a_dt_ids); static const struct i2c_device_id atmel_sha204a_id[] = { - { "atsha204" }, + { "atsha204", (kernel_ulong_t)&atsha204_quality }, { "atsha204a" }, { /* sentinel */ } }; |
