2 * Non-physical true random number generator based on timing jitter --
3 * Jitter RNG standalone code.
10 * See https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
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49 * This Jitterentropy RNG is based on the jitterentropy library
50 * version 3.4.0 provided at https://www.chronox.de/jent.html
54 #error "The CPU Jitter random number generator must not be compiled with optimizations. See documentation. Use the compiler switch -O0 for compiling jitterentropy.c."
57 typedef unsigned long long __u64;
58 typedef long long __s64;
59 typedef unsigned int __u32;
60 typedef unsigned char u8;
61 #define NULL ((void *) 0)
63 /* The entropy pool */
65 /* SHA3-256 is used as conditioner */
66 #define DATA_SIZE_BITS 256
67 /* all data values that are vital to maintain the security
68 * of the RNG are marked as SENSITIVE. A user must not
69 * access that information while the RNG executes its loops to
70 * calculate the next random value. */
71 void *hash_state; /* SENSITIVE hash state entropy pool */
72 __u64 prev_time; /* SENSITIVE Previous time stamp */
73 __u64 last_delta; /* SENSITIVE stuck test */
74 __s64 last_delta2; /* SENSITIVE stuck test */
76 unsigned int flags; /* Flags used to initialize */
77 unsigned int osr; /* Oversample rate */
78 #define JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS 128
79 #define JENT_MEMORY_SIZE \
80 (CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKS * \
81 CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE)
82 unsigned char *mem; /* Memory access location with size of
83 * memblocks * memblocksize */
84 unsigned int memlocation; /* Pointer to byte in *mem */
85 unsigned int memblocks; /* Number of memory blocks in *mem */
86 unsigned int memblocksize; /* Size of one memory block in bytes */
87 unsigned int memaccessloops; /* Number of memory accesses per random
90 /* Repetition Count Test */
91 unsigned int rct_count; /* Number of stuck values */
93 /* Adaptive Proportion Test cutoff values */
94 unsigned int apt_cutoff; /* Intermittent health test failure */
95 unsigned int apt_cutoff_permanent; /* Permanent health test failure */
96 #define JENT_APT_WINDOW_SIZE 512 /* Data window size */
97 /* LSB of time stamp to process */
98 #define JENT_APT_LSB 16
99 #define JENT_APT_WORD_MASK (JENT_APT_LSB - 1)
100 unsigned int apt_observations; /* Number of collected observations */
101 unsigned int apt_count; /* APT counter */
102 unsigned int apt_base; /* APT base reference */
103 unsigned int health_failure; /* Record health failure */
105 unsigned int apt_base_set:1; /* APT base reference set? */
108 /* Flags that can be used to initialize the RNG */
109 #define JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS (1<<2) /* Disable memory access for more
110 * entropy, saves MEMORY_SIZE RAM for
111 * entropy collector */
113 /* -- error codes for init function -- */
114 #define JENT_ENOTIME 1 /* Timer service not available */
115 #define JENT_ECOARSETIME 2 /* Timer too coarse for RNG */
116 #define JENT_ENOMONOTONIC 3 /* Timer is not monotonic increasing */
117 #define JENT_EVARVAR 5 /* Timer does not produce variations of
118 * variations (2nd derivation of time is
120 #define JENT_ESTUCK 8 /* Too many stuck results during init. */
121 #define JENT_EHEALTH 9 /* Health test failed during initialization */
122 #define JENT_ERCT 10 /* RCT failed during initialization */
123 #define JENT_EHASH 11 /* Hash self test failed */
124 #define JENT_EMEM 12 /* Can't allocate memory for initialization */
126 #define JENT_RCT_FAILURE 1 /* Failure in RCT health test. */
127 #define JENT_APT_FAILURE 2 /* Failure in APT health test. */
128 #define JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT 16
129 #define JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(x) (x << JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT)
130 #define JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(JENT_RCT_FAILURE)
131 #define JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE(JENT_APT_FAILURE)
134 * The output n bits can receive more than n bits of min entropy, of course,
135 * but the fixed output of the conditioning function can only asymptotically
136 * approach the output size bits of min entropy, not attain that bound. Random
137 * maps will tend to have output collisions, which reduces the creditable
138 * output entropy (that is what SP 800-90B Section 3.1.5.1.2 attempts to bound).
140 * The value "64" is justified in Appendix A.4 of the current 90C draft,
141 * and aligns with NIST's in "epsilon" definition in this document, which is
142 * that a string can be considered "full entropy" if you can bound the min
143 * entropy in each bit of output to at least 1-epsilon, where epsilon is
144 * required to be <= 2^(-32).
146 #define JENT_ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR 64
148 #include <linux/fips.h>
149 #include "jitterentropy.h"
151 /***************************************************************************
152 * Adaptive Proportion Test
154 * This test complies with SP800-90B section 4.4.2.
155 ***************************************************************************/
158 * See the SP 800-90B comment #10b for the corrected cutoff for the SP 800-90B
160 * https://www.untruth.org/~josh/sp80090b/UL%20SP800-90B-final%20comments%20v1.9%2020191212.pdf
161 * In the syntax of R, this is C = 2 + qbinom(1 − 2^(−30), 511, 2^(-1/osr)).
162 * (The original formula wasn't correct because the first symbol must
163 * necessarily have been observed, so there is no chance of observing 0 of these
166 * For the alpha < 2^-53, R cannot be used as it uses a float data type without
167 * arbitrary precision. A SageMath script is used to calculate those cutoff
170 * For any value above 14, this yields the maximal allowable value of 512
171 * (by FIPS 140-2 IG 7.19 Resolution # 16, we cannot choose a cutoff value that
172 * renders the test unable to fail).
174 static const unsigned int jent_apt_cutoff_lookup[15] = {
175 325, 422, 459, 477, 488, 494, 499, 502,
176 505, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512 };
177 static const unsigned int jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup[15] = {
178 355, 447, 479, 494, 502, 507, 510, 512,
179 512, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512, 512 };
180 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
182 static void jent_apt_init(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned int osr)
185 * Establish the apt_cutoff based on the presumed entropy rate of
188 if (osr >= ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_lookup)) {
189 ec->apt_cutoff = jent_apt_cutoff_lookup[
190 ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_lookup) - 1];
191 ec->apt_cutoff_permanent = jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup[
192 ARRAY_SIZE(jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup) - 1];
194 ec->apt_cutoff = jent_apt_cutoff_lookup[osr - 1];
195 ec->apt_cutoff_permanent =
196 jent_apt_cutoff_permanent_lookup[osr - 1];
200 * Reset the APT counter
202 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
204 static void jent_apt_reset(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned int delta_masked)
206 /* Reset APT counter */
208 ec->apt_base = delta_masked;
209 ec->apt_observations = 0;
213 * Insert a new entropy event into APT
215 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
216 * @delta_masked [in] Masked time delta to process
218 static void jent_apt_insert(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned int delta_masked)
220 /* Initialize the base reference */
221 if (!ec->apt_base_set) {
222 ec->apt_base = delta_masked;
223 ec->apt_base_set = 1;
227 if (delta_masked == ec->apt_base) {
230 /* Note, ec->apt_count starts with one. */
231 if (ec->apt_count >= ec->apt_cutoff_permanent)
232 ec->health_failure |= JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT;
233 else if (ec->apt_count >= ec->apt_cutoff)
234 ec->health_failure |= JENT_APT_FAILURE;
237 ec->apt_observations++;
239 if (ec->apt_observations >= JENT_APT_WINDOW_SIZE)
240 jent_apt_reset(ec, delta_masked);
243 /***************************************************************************
244 * Stuck Test and its use as Repetition Count Test
246 * The Jitter RNG uses an enhanced version of the Repetition Count Test
247 * (RCT) specified in SP800-90B section 4.4.1. Instead of counting identical
248 * back-to-back values, the input to the RCT is the counting of the stuck
249 * values during the generation of one Jitter RNG output block.
251 * The RCT is applied with an alpha of 2^{-30} compliant to FIPS 140-2 IG 9.8.
253 * During the counting operation, the Jitter RNG always calculates the RCT
254 * cut-off value of C. If that value exceeds the allowed cut-off value,
255 * the Jitter RNG output block will be calculated completely but discarded at
256 * the end. The caller of the Jitter RNG is informed with an error code.
257 ***************************************************************************/
260 * Repetition Count Test as defined in SP800-90B section 4.4.1
262 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
263 * @stuck [in] Indicator whether the value is stuck
265 static void jent_rct_insert(struct rand_data *ec, int stuck)
271 * The cutoff value is based on the following consideration:
272 * alpha = 2^-30 or 2^-60 as recommended in SP800-90B.
273 * In addition, we require an entropy value H of 1/osr as this
274 * is the minimum entropy required to provide full entropy.
275 * Note, we collect (DATA_SIZE_BITS + ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR)*osr
276 * deltas for inserting them into the entropy pool which should
277 * then have (close to) DATA_SIZE_BITS bits of entropy in the
278 * conditioned output.
280 * Note, ec->rct_count (which equals to value B in the pseudo
281 * code of SP800-90B section 4.4.1) starts with zero. Hence
282 * we need to subtract one from the cutoff value as calculated
283 * following SP800-90B. Thus C = ceil(-log_2(alpha)/H) = 30*osr
286 if ((unsigned int)ec->rct_count >= (60 * ec->osr)) {
288 ec->health_failure |= JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT;
289 } else if ((unsigned int)ec->rct_count >= (30 * ec->osr)) {
291 ec->health_failure |= JENT_RCT_FAILURE;
299 static inline __u64 jent_delta(__u64 prev, __u64 next)
301 #define JENT_UINT64_MAX (__u64)(~((__u64) 0))
302 return (prev < next) ? (next - prev) :
303 (JENT_UINT64_MAX - prev + 1 + next);
307 * Stuck test by checking the:
308 * 1st derivative of the jitter measurement (time delta)
309 * 2nd derivative of the jitter measurement (delta of time deltas)
310 * 3rd derivative of the jitter measurement (delta of delta of time deltas)
312 * All values must always be non-zero.
314 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
315 * @current_delta [in] Jitter time delta
318 * 0 jitter measurement not stuck (good bit)
319 * 1 jitter measurement stuck (reject bit)
321 static int jent_stuck(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 current_delta)
323 __u64 delta2 = jent_delta(ec->last_delta, current_delta);
324 __u64 delta3 = jent_delta(ec->last_delta2, delta2);
326 ec->last_delta = current_delta;
327 ec->last_delta2 = delta2;
330 * Insert the result of the comparison of two back-to-back time
333 jent_apt_insert(ec, current_delta);
335 if (!current_delta || !delta2 || !delta3) {
336 /* RCT with a stuck bit */
337 jent_rct_insert(ec, 1);
341 /* RCT with a non-stuck bit */
342 jent_rct_insert(ec, 0);
348 * Report any health test failures
350 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
352 * @return a bitmask indicating which tests failed
353 * 0 No health test failure
356 * 1<<JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT RCT permanent failure
357 * 2<<JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT APT permanent failure
359 static unsigned int jent_health_failure(struct rand_data *ec)
361 /* Test is only enabled in FIPS mode */
365 return ec->health_failure;
368 /***************************************************************************
370 ***************************************************************************/
373 * Update of the loop count used for the next round of
374 * an entropy collection.
377 * @bits is the number of low bits of the timer to consider
378 * @min is the number of bits we shift the timer value to the right at
379 * the end to make sure we have a guaranteed minimum value
381 * @return Newly calculated loop counter
383 static __u64 jent_loop_shuffle(unsigned int bits, unsigned int min)
388 unsigned int mask = (1<<bits) - 1;
390 jent_get_nstime(&time);
393 * We fold the time value as much as possible to ensure that as many
394 * bits of the time stamp are included as possible.
396 for (i = 0; ((DATA_SIZE_BITS + bits - 1) / bits) > i; i++) {
397 shuffle ^= time & mask;
402 * We add a lower boundary value to ensure we have a minimum
405 return (shuffle + (1<<min));
409 * CPU Jitter noise source -- this is the noise source based on the CPU
410 * execution time jitter
412 * This function injects the individual bits of the time value into the
413 * entropy pool using a hash.
415 * ec [in] entropy collector
416 * time [in] time stamp to be injected
417 * stuck [in] Is the time stamp identified as stuck?
420 * updated hash context in the entropy collector or error code
422 static int jent_condition_data(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 time, int stuck)
424 #define SHA3_HASH_LOOP (1<<3)
427 unsigned int apt_observations;
428 unsigned int apt_count;
429 unsigned int apt_base;
432 ec->apt_observations,
437 return jent_hash_time(ec->hash_state, time, (u8 *)&addtl, sizeof(addtl),
438 SHA3_HASH_LOOP, stuck);
442 * Memory Access noise source -- this is a noise source based on variations in
443 * memory access times
445 * This function performs memory accesses which will add to the timing
446 * variations due to an unknown amount of CPU wait states that need to be
447 * added when accessing memory. The memory size should be larger than the L1
448 * caches as outlined in the documentation and the associated testing.
450 * The L1 cache has a very high bandwidth, albeit its access rate is usually
451 * slower than accessing CPU registers. Therefore, L1 accesses only add minimal
452 * variations as the CPU has hardly to wait. Starting with L2, significant
453 * variations are added because L2 typically does not belong to the CPU any more
454 * and therefore a wider range of CPU wait states is necessary for accesses.
455 * L3 and real memory accesses have even a wider range of wait states. However,
456 * to reliably access either L3 or memory, the ec->mem memory must be quite
457 * large which is usually not desirable.
459 * @ec [in] Reference to the entropy collector with the memory access data -- if
460 * the reference to the memory block to be accessed is NULL, this noise
462 * @loop_cnt [in] if a value not equal to 0 is set, use the given value
463 * number of loops to perform the LFSR
465 static void jent_memaccess(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 loop_cnt)
467 unsigned int wrap = 0;
469 #define MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT 7
470 #define MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT 0
472 jent_loop_shuffle(MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT, MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT);
474 if (NULL == ec || NULL == ec->mem)
476 wrap = ec->memblocksize * ec->memblocks;
479 * testing purposes -- allow test app to set the counter, not
480 * needed during runtime
483 acc_loop_cnt = loop_cnt;
485 for (i = 0; i < (ec->memaccessloops + acc_loop_cnt); i++) {
486 unsigned char *tmpval = ec->mem + ec->memlocation;
488 * memory access: just add 1 to one byte,
489 * wrap at 255 -- memory access implies read
490 * from and write to memory location
492 *tmpval = (*tmpval + 1) & 0xff;
494 * Addition of memblocksize - 1 to pointer
495 * with wrap around logic to ensure that every
496 * memory location is hit evenly
498 ec->memlocation = ec->memlocation + ec->memblocksize - 1;
499 ec->memlocation = ec->memlocation % wrap;
503 /***************************************************************************
504 * Start of entropy processing logic
505 ***************************************************************************/
507 * This is the heart of the entropy generation: calculate time deltas and
508 * use the CPU jitter in the time deltas. The jitter is injected into the
511 * WARNING: ensure that ->prev_time is primed before using the output
512 * of this function! This can be done by calling this function
513 * and not using its result.
515 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
517 * @return result of stuck test
519 static int jent_measure_jitter(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 *ret_current_delta)
522 __u64 current_delta = 0;
525 /* Invoke one noise source before time measurement to add variations */
526 jent_memaccess(ec, 0);
529 * Get time stamp and calculate time delta to previous
530 * invocation to measure the timing variations
532 jent_get_nstime(&time);
533 current_delta = jent_delta(ec->prev_time, time);
534 ec->prev_time = time;
536 /* Check whether we have a stuck measurement. */
537 stuck = jent_stuck(ec, current_delta);
539 /* Now call the next noise sources which also injects the data */
540 if (jent_condition_data(ec, current_delta, stuck))
543 /* return the raw entropy value */
544 if (ret_current_delta)
545 *ret_current_delta = current_delta;
551 * Generator of one 64 bit random number
552 * Function fills rand_data->hash_state
554 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
556 static void jent_gen_entropy(struct rand_data *ec)
558 unsigned int k = 0, safety_factor = 0;
561 safety_factor = JENT_ENTROPY_SAFETY_FACTOR;
563 /* priming of the ->prev_time value */
564 jent_measure_jitter(ec, NULL);
566 while (!jent_health_failure(ec)) {
567 /* If a stuck measurement is received, repeat measurement */
568 if (jent_measure_jitter(ec, NULL))
572 * We multiply the loop value with ->osr to obtain the
573 * oversampling rate requested by the caller
575 if (++k >= ((DATA_SIZE_BITS + safety_factor) * ec->osr))
581 * Entry function: Obtain entropy for the caller.
583 * This function invokes the entropy gathering logic as often to generate
584 * as many bytes as requested by the caller. The entropy gathering logic
585 * creates 64 bit per invocation.
587 * This function truncates the last 64 bit entropy value output to the exact
588 * size specified by the caller.
590 * @ec [in] Reference to entropy collector
591 * @data [in] pointer to buffer for storing random data -- buffer must already
593 * @len [in] size of the buffer, specifying also the requested number of random
596 * @return 0 when request is fulfilled or an error
598 * The following error codes can occur:
599 * -1 entropy_collector is NULL or the generation failed
600 * -2 Intermittent health failure
601 * -3 Permanent health failure
603 int jent_read_entropy(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned char *data,
606 unsigned char *p = data;
612 unsigned int tocopy, health_test_result;
614 jent_gen_entropy(ec);
616 health_test_result = jent_health_failure(ec);
617 if (health_test_result > JENT_PERMANENT_FAILURE_SHIFT) {
619 * At this point, the Jitter RNG instance is considered
620 * as a failed instance. There is no rerun of the
621 * startup test any more, because the caller
622 * is assumed to not further use this instance.
625 } else if (health_test_result) {
627 * Perform startup health tests and return permanent
630 if (jent_entropy_init(0, 0, NULL, ec)) {
631 /* Mark the permanent error */
632 ec->health_failure &=
633 JENT_RCT_FAILURE_PERMANENT |
634 JENT_APT_FAILURE_PERMANENT;
641 if ((DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8) < len)
642 tocopy = (DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8);
645 if (jent_read_random_block(ec->hash_state, p, tocopy))
655 /***************************************************************************
656 * Initialization logic
657 ***************************************************************************/
659 struct rand_data *jent_entropy_collector_alloc(unsigned int osr,
663 struct rand_data *entropy_collector;
665 entropy_collector = jent_zalloc(sizeof(struct rand_data));
666 if (!entropy_collector)
669 if (!(flags & JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS)) {
670 /* Allocate memory for adding variations based on memory
673 entropy_collector->mem = jent_kvzalloc(JENT_MEMORY_SIZE);
674 if (!entropy_collector->mem) {
675 jent_zfree(entropy_collector);
678 entropy_collector->memblocksize =
679 CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE;
680 entropy_collector->memblocks =
681 CONFIG_CRYPTO_JITTERENTROPY_MEMORY_BLOCKS;
682 entropy_collector->memaccessloops = JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS;
685 /* verify and set the oversampling rate */
687 osr = 1; /* H_submitter = 1 / osr */
688 entropy_collector->osr = osr;
689 entropy_collector->flags = flags;
691 entropy_collector->hash_state = hash_state;
693 /* Initialize the APT */
694 jent_apt_init(entropy_collector, osr);
696 /* fill the data pad with non-zero values */
697 jent_gen_entropy(entropy_collector);
699 return entropy_collector;
702 void jent_entropy_collector_free(struct rand_data *entropy_collector)
704 jent_kvzfree(entropy_collector->mem, JENT_MEMORY_SIZE);
705 entropy_collector->mem = NULL;
706 jent_zfree(entropy_collector);
709 int jent_entropy_init(unsigned int osr, unsigned int flags, void *hash_state,
710 struct rand_data *p_ec)
713 * If caller provides an allocated ec, reuse it which implies that the
714 * health test entropy data is used to further still the available
717 struct rand_data *ec = p_ec;
718 int i, time_backwards = 0, ret = 0, ec_free = 0;
719 unsigned int health_test_result;
722 ec = jent_entropy_collector_alloc(osr, flags, hash_state);
728 jent_apt_reset(ec, 0);
729 /* Ensure that a new APT base is obtained */
730 ec->apt_base_set = 0;
733 /* Reset intermittent, leave permanent health test result */
734 ec->health_failure &= (~JENT_RCT_FAILURE);
735 ec->health_failure &= (~JENT_APT_FAILURE);
738 /* We could perform statistical tests here, but the problem is
739 * that we only have a few loop counts to do testing. These
740 * loop counts may show some slight skew and we produce
743 * Moreover, only old systems show potentially problematic
744 * jitter entropy that could potentially be caught here. But
745 * the RNG is intended for hardware that is available or widely
746 * used, but not old systems that are long out of favor. Thus,
747 * no statistical tests.
751 * We could add a check for system capabilities such as clock_getres or
752 * check for CONFIG_X86_TSC, but it does not make much sense as the
753 * following sanity checks verify that we have a high-resolution
757 * TESTLOOPCOUNT needs some loops to identify edge systems. 100 is
758 * definitely too little.
760 * SP800-90B requires at least 1024 initial test cycles.
762 #define TESTLOOPCOUNT 1024
763 #define CLEARCACHE 100
764 for (i = 0; (TESTLOOPCOUNT + CLEARCACHE) > i; i++) {
765 __u64 start_time = 0, end_time = 0, delta = 0;
767 /* Invoke core entropy collection logic */
768 jent_measure_jitter(ec, &delta);
769 end_time = ec->prev_time;
770 start_time = ec->prev_time - delta;
772 /* test whether timer works */
773 if (!start_time || !end_time) {
779 * test whether timer is fine grained enough to provide
780 * delta even when called shortly after each other -- this
781 * implies that we also have a high resolution timer
783 if (!delta || (end_time == start_time)) {
784 ret = JENT_ECOARSETIME;
789 * up to here we did not modify any variable that will be
790 * evaluated later, but we already performed some work. Thus we
791 * already have had an impact on the caches, branch prediction,
792 * etc. with the goal to clear it to get the worst case
798 /* test whether we have an increasing timer */
799 if (!(end_time > start_time))
804 * we allow up to three times the time running backwards.
805 * CLOCK_REALTIME is affected by adjtime and NTP operations. Thus,
806 * if such an operation just happens to interfere with our test, it
807 * should not fail. The value of 3 should cover the NTP case being
808 * performed during our test run.
810 if (time_backwards > 3) {
811 ret = JENT_ENOMONOTONIC;
815 /* Did we encounter a health test failure? */
816 health_test_result = jent_health_failure(ec);
817 if (health_test_result) {
818 ret = (health_test_result & JENT_RCT_FAILURE) ? JENT_ERCT :
825 jent_entropy_collector_free(ec);