On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:00:28AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote: > We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.20.13 kernel. > This release has three security fixes in it: > > 54bb290b: random: fix error in entropy extraction (CVE-2007-2453 1 of 2) > f5939fcd: random: fix seeding with zero entropy (CVE-2007-2453 2 of 2) > > The /dev/[u]random fix is especially important for machines with no > entropy source (e.g. keyboard, mice, or disk drives) and no realtime clock > since successive boots could generate same output from RNG.
For the record, /dev/random was not impacted. It will fail safe (eg block forever) on machines with no entropy sources. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
