Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Introduce the latent_entropy gcc plugin

2016-06-21 Thread Kees Cook
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Emese Revfy wrote: > I would like to introduce the latent_entropy gcc plugin. This plugin > mitigates the problem of the kernel having too little entropy during and > after boot for generating crypto keys. > > This plugin mixes random values into the latent_entrop

[PATCH v4 0/4] Introduce the latent_entropy gcc plugin

2016-06-20 Thread Emese Revfy
I would like to introduce the latent_entropy gcc plugin. This plugin mitigates the problem of the kernel having too little entropy during and after boot for generating crypto keys. This plugin mixes random values into the latent_entropy global variable in functions marked by the __latent_entropy a