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crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible
authorMarek Behún <kabel@kernel.org>
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:57:18 +0000 (11:57 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 2 May 2025 05:47:08 +0000 (07:47 +0200)
commit4f9f61598b19d1e68ba33239199ba85f070ca00a
tree9e18f06a9fe34927c6d75279813532202636a3f5
parent3a57f45b91fba0ddd5ec06e5e4fef65e7b98c696
crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible

commit 8006aff15516a170640239c5a8e6696c0ba18d8e upstream.

According to the review by Bill Cox [1], the Atmel SHA204A random number
generator produces random numbers with very low entropy.

Set the lowest possible entropy for this chip just to be safe.

[1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html

Fixes: da001fb651b00e1d ("crypto: atmel-i2c - add support for SHA204A random number generator")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <kabel@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <kabel@kernel.org>
drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c