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[PULL 14/14] x86: re-initialize RNG seed when selecting kernel


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: [PULL 14/14] x86: re-initialize RNG seed when selecting kernel
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:30:14 +0200

From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>

We don't want it to be possible to re-read the RNG seed after ingesting
it, because this ruins forward secrecy. Currently, however, the setup
data section can just be re-read. Since the kernel is always read after
the setup data, use the selection of the kernel as a trigger to
re-initialize the RNG seed, just like we do on reboot, to preserve
forward secrecy.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Message-Id: <20220922152847.3670513-1-Jason@zx2c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 hw/i386/x86.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
index f9a4ddaa4a..1148f70c03 100644
--- a/hw/i386/x86.c
+++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
@@ -1112,11 +1112,14 @@ void x86_load_linux(X86MachineState *x86ms,
         setup_data->len = cpu_to_le32(RNG_SEED_LENGTH);
         qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(setup_data->data, RNG_SEED_LENGTH);
         qemu_register_reset(reset_rng_seed, setup_data);
+        fw_cfg_add_bytes_callback(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_DATA, reset_rng_seed, 
NULL,
+                                  setup_data, kernel, kernel_size, true);
+    } else {
+        fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_DATA, kernel, kernel_size);
     }
 
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_ADDR, prot_addr);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_SIZE, kernel_size);
-    fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_DATA, kernel, kernel_size);
     sev_load_ctx.kernel_data = (char *)kernel;
     sev_load_ctx.kernel_size = kernel_size;
 
-- 
2.37.3




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