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34 #include "krb5_locl.h"
36 #undef HEIMDAL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT_ATTRIBUTE
37 #define HEIMDAL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT_ATTRIBUTE
39 #define ENTROPY_NEEDED 128
41 static HEIMDAL_MUTEX crypto_mutex
= HEIMDAL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
;
47 char buf
[1024], seedfile
[256];
49 /* If there is a seed file, load it. But such a file cannot be trusted,
50 so use 0 for the entropy estimate */
51 if (RAND_file_name(seedfile
, sizeof(seedfile
))) {
53 fd
= open(seedfile
, O_RDONLY
| O_BINARY
| O_CLOEXEC
);
57 ret
= read(fd
, buf
, sizeof(buf
));
59 RAND_add(buf
, ret
, 0.0);
67 /* Calling RAND_status() will try to use /dev/urandom if it exists so
68 we do not have to deal with it. */
69 if (RAND_status() != 1) {
70 #ifndef NO_RAND_EGD_METHOD
75 if (!krb5_init_context(&context
)) {
76 p
= krb5_config_get_string(context
, NULL
, "libdefaults",
79 RAND_egd_bytes(p
, ENTROPY_NEEDED
);
80 krb5_free_context(context
);
83 /* TODO: Once a Windows CryptoAPI RAND method is defined, we
84 can use that and failover to another method. */
88 if (RAND_status() == 1) {
90 /* Update the seed file */
92 RAND_write_file(seedfile
);
101 * Fill buffer buf with len bytes of PRNG randomness that is ok to use
102 * for key generation, padding and public diclosing the randomness w/o
103 * disclosing the randomness source.
105 * This function can fail, and callers must check the return value.
107 * @param buf a buffer to fill with randomness
108 * @param len length of memory that buf points to.
110 * @return return 0 on success or HEIM_ERR_RANDOM_OFFLINE if the
111 * funcation failed to initialize the randomness source.
113 * @ingroup krb5_crypto
116 HEIMDAL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT_ATTRIBUTE
117 KRB5_LIB_FUNCTION krb5_error_code KRB5_LIB_CALL
118 krb5_generate_random(void *buf
, size_t len
)
120 static int rng_initialized
= 0;
123 HEIMDAL_MUTEX_lock(&crypto_mutex
);
124 if (!rng_initialized
) {
125 if (seed_something())
126 return HEIM_ERR_RANDOM_OFFLINE
;
129 if (RAND_bytes(buf
, len
) <= 0)
130 ret
= HEIM_ERR_RANDOM_OFFLINE
;
133 HEIMDAL_MUTEX_unlock(&crypto_mutex
);
139 * Fill buffer buf with len bytes of PRNG randomness that is ok to use
140 * for key generation, padding and public diclosing the randomness w/o
141 * disclosing the randomness source.
143 * This function can NOT fail, instead it will abort() and program will crash.
145 * If this function is called after a successful krb5_init_context(),
146 * the chance of it failing is low due to that krb5_init_context()
147 * pulls out some random, and quite commonly the randomness sources
148 * will not fail once it have started to produce good output,
149 * /dev/urandom behavies that way.
151 * @param buf a buffer to fill with randomness
152 * @param len length of memory that buf points to.
154 * @ingroup krb5_crypto
158 KRB5_LIB_FUNCTION
void KRB5_LIB_CALL
159 krb5_generate_random_block(void *buf
, size_t len
)
161 int ret
= krb5_generate_random(buf
, len
);
163 krb5_abortx(NULL
, "Failed to generate random block");