On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:14:22PM +0200, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > I experimented a bit with collecting entropy from the time it takes for > device_attach() to run (in CPU cycles). It seems that those times have > enough variation that we can use it for entropy harvesting. It happens > even before root is mounted, so pretty early. I like it. Microsoft harvests from something like 900 events/things. The more good things like this we find improves our security. > The patch is here: > http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/patches/harvest_device_attach.patch > Comments? Embelishments: Index: sys/dev/random/randomdev_soft.c =================================================================== --- sys/dev/random/randomdev_soft.c (revision 240694) +++ sys/dev/random/randomdev_soft.c (working copy) @@ -158,6 +185,11 @@ random_yarrow_init(void) "Harvest serial net entropy"); SYSCTL_ADD_PROC(&random_clist, SYSCTL_CHILDREN(random_sys_harvest_o), + OID_AUTO, "devprobe", CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW, + &harvest.devprobe, 1, random_check_boolean, "I", + "Harvest Device Probe entropy"); + SYSCTL_ADD_PROC(&random_clist, + SYSCTL_CHILDREN(random_sys_harvest_o), OID_AUTO, "interrupt", CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW, &harvest.interrupt, 1, random_check_boolean, "I", "Harvest IRQ entropy"); @@ -303,7 +341,7 @@ random_harvest_internal(u_int64_t someco KASSERT(origin == RANDOM_START || origin == RANDOM_WRITE || origin == RANDOM_KEYBOARD || origin == RANDOM_MOUSE || origin == RANDOM_NET || origin == RANDOM_INTERRUPT || - origin == RANDOM_PURE, + origin == RANDOM_PURE || origin == RANDOM_DEVICE, ("random_harvest_internal: origin %d invalid\n", origin)); /* Lockless read to avoid lock operations if fifo is full. */ Index: sys/dev/random/harvest.c =================================================================== --- sys/dev/random/harvest.c (revision 240694) +++ sys/dev/random/harvest.c (working copy) @@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$"); static int read_random_phony(void *, int); /* Structure holding the desired entropy sources */ -struct harvest_select harvest = { 1, 1, 1, 0 }; +struct harvest_select harvest = { + 1, /*ethernet*/ + 1, /*pt2pt*/ + 1, /*intr*/ + 0, /*swi*/ + 1, /*devprobe*/ +}; static int warned = 0; /* hold the address of the routine which is actually called if Index: sys/sys/random.h =================================================================== --- sys/sys/random.h (revision 240495) +++ sys/sys/random.h (working copy) @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum esource { RANDOM_NET, RANDOM_INTERRUPT, RANDOM_PURE, + RANDOM_DEVICE, ENTROPYSOURCE }; void random_harvest(void *, u_int, u_int, u_int, enum esource); @@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ struct harvest_select { int point_to_point; int interrupt; int swi; + int device; }; extern struct harvest_select harvest; Index: sys/kern/subr_bus.c =================================================================== --- sys/kern/subr_bus.c (revision 240495) +++ sys/kern/subr_bus.c (working copy) @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$"); #include <sys/condvar.h> #include <sys/queue.h> #include <machine/bus.h> +#include <sys/random.h> #include <sys/rman.h> #include <sys/selinfo.h> #include <sys/signalvar.h> @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$"); #include <sys/bus.h> #include <sys/interrupt.h> +#include <machine/cpu.h> #include <machine/stdarg.h> #include <vm/uma.h> @@ -2760,8 +2762,10 @@ device_probe_and_attach(device_t dev) int device_attach(device_t dev) { + uint64_t attachtime; int error; + attachtime = get_cyclecount(); device_sysctl_init(dev); if (!device_is_quiet(dev)) device_print_child(dev->parent, dev); @@ -2784,6 +2788,10 @@ device_attach(device_t dev) dev->state = DS_ATTACHED; dev->flags &= ~DF_DONENOMATCH; devadded(dev); + if (harvest.devprobe) + random_harvest(&attachtime, sizeof(attachtime), 4, 0, + RANDOM_DEVICE); + return (0); } Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf =================================================================== --- etc/defaults/rc.conf (revision 239610) +++ etc/defaults/rc.conf (working copy) @@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ entropy_file="/entropy" # Set to NO to d entropy_dir="/var/db/entropy" # Set to NO to disable caching entropy via cron. entropy_save_sz="2048" # Size of the entropy cache files. entropy_save_num="8" # Number of entropy cache files to save. +harvest_devprobe="YES" # Entropy device harvests device probe randomness harvest_interrupt="YES" # Entropy device harvests interrupt randomness harvest_ethernet="YES" # Entropy device harvests ethernet randomness harvest_p_to_p="YES" # Entropy device harvests point-to-point randomness Index: etc/rc.d/initrandom =================================================================== --- etc/rc.d/initrandom (revision 239610) +++ etc/rc.d/initrandom (working copy) @@ -41,6 +63,12 @@ initrandom_start() if [ \! -z "${soft_random_generator}" ] ; then if [ -w /dev/random ]; then + if checkyesno harvest_devprobe; then + ${SYSCTL} kern.random.sys.harvest.devprobe=1 >/dev/null + echo -n ' interrupts' + else + ${SYSCTL} kern.random.sys.harvest.devprobe=0 >/dev/null + fi if checkyesno harvest_interrupt; then ${SYSCTL} kern.random.sys.harvest.interrupt=1 >/dev/null echo -n ' interrupts' _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"