Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Michael Büsch
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enable_best_rng() is used in hwrng_unregister() to switch away from the currently active RNG, if that is the one currently being removed. However enable_best_rng() might fail, if the next RNG's init routine fails. In that case enable_best_rng() will return an error code and the currently active RNG will remain active. After unregistering this might lead to crashes due to use-after-free. Fix this by dropping the currently active RNG, if enable_best_rng() failed. This will result in no RNG to be active, if the next-best one failed to initialize. This problem was introduced by 142a27f0 Fixes: 142a27f0 ("hwrng: core - Reset user selected rng by...") Reported-by:Wirz <spam@lukas-wirz.de> Tested-by:
Wirz <spam@lukas-wirz.de> Signed-off-by:
Michael Büsch <m@bues.ch> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by:
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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