From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 01:23:25 +0000 (-0400) Subject: net: feed /dev/random with the MAC address when registering a device X-Git-Tag: v2.6.34.13~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0e0a1bbba898b34a416c5e646fc374a5f55b3ab;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git net: feed /dev/random with the MAC address when registering a device commit 7bf2357524408b97fec58344caf7397f8140c3fd upstream. Cc: David Miller Cc: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker --- diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index bcd5f6edbad8d..7daff00c9e2fc 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1177,6 +1177,7 @@ static int __dev_open(struct net_device *dev) * Wakeup transmit queue engine */ dev_activate(dev); + add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len); } return ret; @@ -4492,6 +4493,7 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa) err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa); if (!err) call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev); + add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len); return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address); @@ -5141,6 +5143,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) dev_init_scheduler(dev); dev_hold(dev); list_netdevice(dev); + add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len); /* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */ ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev); diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 31e85d327aa2c..835f38c95847e 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm, goto errout; send_addr_notify = 1; modified = 1; + add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len); } if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {