APPLIED: [SRU][F:linux-bluefield][PATCH 0/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: pka: Enable DRBG block in TRNG

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Fri May 7 18:45:03 UTC 2021


Applied to focal:bluefield/master-next. Thanks.

-rtg

On 5/3/21 10:57 AM, Mahantesh Salimath wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926773
> 
> SRU Justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> * To be FIPS compliant and to achieve TRNG robustness, DRBG needs to be enabled in TRNG.
> 
> [Fix]
> * Enable DRBG "pka: Enable DRBG block in TRNG"
> 
> [Test Case]
> * Use OpenSSL to get random bytes from DRBG enabled TRNG.
>    # openssl rand -engine pka 512
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> * Before enabling DRBG, tests are carried out to verify the functioning of DRBG.
>    If any of these tests fail then TRNG will be disabled (this is as per FIPS
>    compliance requirements). Hence, TRNG inside PKA HW will be unavailable.
> 

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Tim Gardner
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