linux-stable/drivers/char
Jason A. Donenfeld 1ce6c8d68f random: check for signals after page of pool writes
get_random_bytes_user() checks for signals after producing a PAGE_SIZE
worth of output, just like /dev/zero does. write_pool() is doing
basically the same work (actually, slightly more expensive), and so
should stop to check for signals in the same way. Let's also name it
write_pool_user() to match get_random_bytes_user(), so this won't be
misused in the future.

Before this patch, massive writes to /dev/urandom would tie up the
process for an extremely long time and make it unterminatable. After, it
can be successfully interrupted. The following test program can be used
to see this works as intended:

  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #include <signal.h>
  #include <stdio.h>

  static unsigned char x[~0U];

  static void handle(int) { }

  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  {
    pid_t pid = getpid(), child;
    int fd;
    signal(SIGUSR1, handle);
    if (!(child = fork())) {
      for (;;)
        kill(pid, SIGUSR1);
    }
    fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_WRONLY);
    pause();
    printf("interrupted after writing %zd bytes\n", write(fd, x, sizeof(x)));
    close(fd);
    kill(child, SIGTERM);
    return 0;
  }

Result before: "interrupted after writing 2147479552 bytes"
Result after: "interrupted after writing 4096 bytes"

Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
2022-05-22 22:34:31 +02:00
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agp dma-mapping updates for Linux 5.18 2022-03-29 08:50:14 -07:00
hw_random ARM driver updates for 5.18 2022-03-23 18:23:13 -07:00
ipmi ipmi:ipmi_ipmb: Fix null-ptr-deref in ipmi_unregister_smi() 2022-04-29 10:06:52 -05:00
mwave char/mwave: Adjust io port register size 2021-12-03 14:27:06 +01:00
pcmcia cm4000_cs: Use struct_group() to zero struct cm4000_dev region 2021-09-25 08:20:49 -07:00
tpm xen: branch for v5.18-rc1 2022-03-28 14:32:39 -07:00
xilinx_hwicap xilinx_hwicap: cleanup comments 2022-02-25 12:08:57 +01:00
xillybus char: xillybus: fix msg_ep UAF in xillyusb_probe() 2021-10-19 09:40:18 +02:00
adi.c
apm-emulation.c
applicom.c applicom: unneed to initialise statics to 0 2021-12-21 10:14:08 +01:00
applicom.h
bsr.c powerpc/BSR: Make use of the helper macro LIST_HEAD() 2022-02-25 12:10:15 +01:00
ds1620.c
dsp56k.c
dtlk.c
hangcheck-timer.c
hpet.c hpet: remove unused writeq/readq function definitions 2022-02-04 16:45:39 +01:00
Kconfig random: treat bootloader trust toggle the same way as cpu trust toggle 2022-03-25 08:49:40 -06:00
lp.c char: lp: remove redundant space around (inside) parenthesized expressions 2021-03-24 08:26:32 +01:00
Makefile remove the raw driver 2021-06-04 15:35:03 +02:00
mem.c Revert "random: block in /dev/urandom" 2022-03-22 09:17:20 -07:00
misc.c char: misc: increase DYNAMIC_MINORS value 2020-11-03 09:52:04 +01:00
mspec.c
nsc_gpio.c
nvram.c
nwbutton.c
nwbutton.h
nwflash.c
pc8736x_gpio.c
powernv-op-panel.c powerpc/powernv: Fix fall-through warning for Clang 2021-07-13 19:21:41 -05:00
ppdev.c
ps3flash.c powerpc/ps3: make system bus's remove and shutdown callbacks return void 2020-12-04 01:01:22 +11:00
random.c random: check for signals after page of pool writes 2022-05-22 22:34:31 +02:00
scx200_gpio.c
sonypi.c
tb0219.c
tlclk.c
toshiba.c module: remove never implemented MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE 2021-03-17 13:16:18 -07:00
ttyprintk.c tty: drop put_tty_driver 2021-07-27 12:17:21 +02:00
uv_mmtimer.c
virtio_console.c Char/Misc and other driver updates for 5.18-rc1 2022-03-28 12:27:35 -07:00