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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-04-03 03:27:57 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-04-03 03:27:57 +0000
commita29afcb470ec03aae7606bb87fffd3dd99ec4ab4 (patch)
tree42db719a11b5bc6caa7fb7186b73999968f1606f /src
parentbf504d2a46f45f7482edcc425a4a76b56548e9d5 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a29afcb470ec03aae7606bb87fffd3dd99ec4ab4.tar.xz
(isaac_seed): Don't overrun the s->mm buffer.
Use gethrtime if available. Don't assume that clock_gettime succeeds. Put most random sources first.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/shred.c84
1 files changed, 54 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/src/shred.c b/src/shred.c
index 198a80759..f747a7b7f 100644
--- a/src/shred.c
+++ b/src/shred.c
@@ -380,55 +380,79 @@ static void
isaac_seed (struct isaac_state *s)
{
char *p = (char *) s->mm;
-#define MIXIN(o) (memcpy (p, (char *) &(o), sizeof (o)), p += sizeof (o))
+ char *lim = p + sizeof s->mm;
+#define MIXIN_BOUND(s) ((s) < lim - p ? (s) : lim - p)
+#define MIXIN(o) \
+ do \
+ { \
+ size_t s = MIXIN_BOUND (sizeof (o)); \
+ memcpy (p, (char *) &(o), s); \
+ p += s; \
+ } \
+ while (0)
+
+ /* Mix in bits of random information from the environment.
+ Mix the most random items first, in case lim - p is small
+ and we have to truncate. */
{
- pid_t t = getpid ();
+ int fd = open ("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ {
+ size_t s = MIXIN_BOUND (32);
+ read (fd, p, s);
+ p += s;
+ close (fd);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ fd = open ("/dev/random", O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ {
+ /* /dev/random is more precious, so use less */
+ size_t s = MIXIN_BOUND (16);
+ read (fd, p, s);
+ p += s;
+ close (fd);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GETHRTIME
+ {
+ hrtime_t t = gethrtime ();
MIXIN (t);
- t = getppid ();
+ }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+ {
+ struct timespec t;
+ clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &t);
MIXIN (t);
}
+#endif
{
- uid_t t = getuid ();
+ time_t t = time ((time_t *) 0);
MIXIN (t);
}
{
- gid_t t = getgid ();
+ pid_t t = getpid ();
+ MIXIN (t);
+ t = getppid ();
MIXIN (t);
}
{
-#ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME /* POSIX ns-resolution */
- struct timespec t;
- clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &t);
-#else
- time_t t = time ((time_t *) 0);
-#endif
+ uid_t t = getuid ();
MIXIN (t);
}
{
- int r = 0;
- int fd = open ("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
- if (fd >= 0)
- {
- r = read (fd, p, 32);
- close (fd);
- }
- else
- {
- fd = open ("/dev/random", O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
- if (fd >= 0)
- {
- /* /dev/random is more precious, so use less */
- r = read (fd, p, 16);
- close (fd);
- }
- }
- if (0 < r)
- p += r;
+ gid_t t = getgid ();
+ MIXIN (t);
}
isaac_init (s, s->mm, sizeof (s->mm));