Improve RNG seeding.

Try to read from /dev/urandom multiple times, take input from extra sources,
and use /dev/random when generating private keys

common-runopts.c

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "dbutil.h"
 #include "auth.h"
 #include "algo.h"
+#include "random.h"
 
 runopts opts; /* GLOBAL */
 
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ int readhostkey(const char * filename, sign_key * hostkey, int *type) {
 		goto out;
 	}
 	buf_setpos(buf, 0);
+
+	addrandom(buf_getptr(buf, buf->len), buf->len);
+
 	if (buf_get_priv_key(buf, hostkey, type) == DROPBEAR_FAILURE) {
 		goto out;
 	}

gendss.c

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ dropbear_dss_key * gen_dss_priv_key(unsigned int size) {
 	m_mp_init_multi(key->p, key->q, key->g, key->y, key->x, NULL);
 	
 	seedrandom();
+	seedstrongrandom();
 	
 	getq(key);
 	getp(key, size);

genrsa.c

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ dropbear_rsa_key * gen_rsa_priv_key(unsigned int size) {
 			&pminus, &lcm, &qminus, NULL);
 
 	seedrandom();
+	seedstrongrandom();
 
 	if (mp_set_int(key->e, RSA_E) != MP_OKAY) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "RSA generation failed\n");

options.h

@@ -204,21 +204,15 @@ much traffic. */
  * return the password on standard output */
 /*#define ENABLE_CLI_ASKPASS_HELPER*/
 
-/* Random device to use - define either DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV or
+/* Source for randomness. This must be able to provide hundreds of bytes per SSH
- * DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET.
+ * connection without blocking. In addition /dev/random is used for seeding
- * DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV is recommended on hosts with a good /dev/(u)random,
+ * rsa/dss key generation */
- * otherwise use run prngd (or egd if you want), specifying the socket. 
+#define DROPBEAR_URANDOM_DEV "/dev/urandom"
- * The device will be queried for a few dozen bytes of seed a couple of times
- * per session (or more for very long-lived sessions). */
 
-/* We'll use /dev/urandom by default, since /dev/random is too much hassle.
+/* Set this to use PRNGD or EGD instead of /dev/urandom or /dev/random */
- * If system developers aren't keeping seeds between boots nor getting
- * any entropy from somewhere it's their own fault. */
-#define DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV "/dev/urandom"
-
-/* prngd must be manually set up to produce output */
 /*#define DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET "/var/run/dropbear-rng"*/
 
+
 /* Specify the number of clients we will allow to be connected but
  * not yet authenticated. After this limit, connections are rejected */
 /* The first setting is per-IP, to avoid denial of service */

random.c

@@ -27,19 +27,16 @@
 #include "dbutil.h"
 #include "bignum.h"
 
-static int donerandinit = 0;
-
 /* this is used to generate unique output from the same hashpool */
 static uint32_t counter = 0;
 /* the max value for the counter, so it won't integer overflow */
 #define MAX_COUNTER 1<<30 
 
-static unsigned char hashpool[SHA1_HASH_SIZE];
+static unsigned char hashpool[SHA1_HASH_SIZE] = {0};
+static int donerandinit = 0;
 
 #define INIT_SEED_SIZE 32 /* 256 bits */
 
-static void readrand(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int buflen);
-
 /* The basic setup is we read some data from /dev/(u)random or prngd and hash it
  * into hashpool. To read data, we hash together current hashpool contents,
  * and a counter. We feed more data in by hashing the current pool and new
@@ -50,120 +47,190 @@ static void readrand(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int buflen);
  *
  */
 
-static void readrand(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int buflen) {
+/* Pass len=0 to hash an entire file */
-
+static int
+process_file(hash_state *hs, const char *filename,
+		unsigned int len, int prngd)
+{
 	static int already_blocked = 0;
 	int readfd;
-	unsigned int readpos;
+	unsigned int readcount;
-	int readlen;
+	int ret = DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
-#ifdef DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET
-	struct sockaddr_un egdsock;
-	char egdcmd[2];
-#endif
-
-#ifdef DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV
-	readfd = open(DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV, O_RDONLY);
-	if (readfd < 0) {
-		dropbear_exit("Couldn't open random device");
-	}
-#endif
 
 #ifdef DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET
-	readfd = connect_unix(DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET);
+	if (prngd)
-
+	{
-	if (readfd < 0) {
+		readfd = connect_unix(filename);
-		dropbear_exit("Couldn't open random device");
+	}
+	else
+#endif
+	{
+		readfd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	}
 
-	if (buflen > 255)
+	if (readfd < 0) {
-		dropbear_exit("Can't request more than 255 bytes from egd");
+		goto out;
-	egdcmd[0] = 0x02;	/* blocking read */
+	}
-	egdcmd[1] = (unsigned char)buflen;
-	if (write(readfd, egdcmd, 2) < 0)
-		dropbear_exit("Can't send command to egd");
-#endif
 
-	/* read the actual random data */
+	readcount = 0;
-	readpos = 0;
+	while (readcount < len)
-	do {
+	{
+		int readlen, wantread;
+		unsigned char readbuf[128];
 		if (!already_blocked)
 		{
 			int ret;
-			struct timeval timeout;
+			struct timeval timeout = { .tv_sec = 2, .tv_usec = 0};
 			fd_set read_fds;
 
-			timeout.tv_sec = 2; /* two seconds should be enough */
-			timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-
 			FD_ZERO(&read_fds);
 			FD_SET(readfd, &read_fds);
 			ret = select(readfd + 1, &read_fds, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
 			if (ret == 0)
 			{
-				dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Warning: Reading the random source seems to have blocked.\nIf you experience problems, you probably need to find a better entropy source.");
+				dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Warning: Reading the randomness source '%s' seems to have blocked.\nYou may need to find a better entropy source.", filename);
 				already_blocked = 1;
 			}
 		}
-		readlen = read(readfd, &buf[readpos], buflen - readpos);
+
+		wantread = MIN(sizeof(readbuf), len-readcount);
+
+#ifdef DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET
+		if (prngd)
+		{
+			char egdcmd[2];
+			egdcmd[0] = 0x02;	/* blocking read */
+			egdcmd[1] = (unsigned char)wantread;
+			if (write(readfd, egdcmd, 2) < 0)
+			{
+				dropbear_exit("Can't send command to egd");
+			}
+		}
+#endif
+
+		readlen = read(readfd, readbuf, wantread);
 		if (readlen <= 0) {
 			if (readlen < 0 && errno == EINTR) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			dropbear_exit("Error reading random source");
+			if (readlen == 0 && len == 0)
+			{
+				/* whole file was read as requested */
+				break;
+			}
+			goto out;
 		}
-		readpos += readlen;
+		sha1_process(hs, readbuf, readlen);
-	} while (readpos < buflen);
+		readcount += readlen;
-
+	}
-	close (readfd);
+	ret = DROPBEAR_SUCCESS;
+out:
+	close(readfd);
+	return ret;
 }
 
-/* initialise the prng from /dev/(u)random or prngd */
+void addrandom(char * buf, int len)
-void seedrandom() {
+{
-		
-	unsigned char readbuf[INIT_SEED_SIZE];
-
 	hash_state hs;
 
-	/* initialise so that things won't warn about
-	 * hashing an undefined buffer */
-	if (!donerandinit) {
-		m_burn(hashpool, sizeof(hashpool));
-	}
-
-	/* get the seed data */
-	readrand(readbuf, sizeof(readbuf));
-
 	/* hash in the new seed data */
 	sha1_init(&hs);
+	/* existing state (zeroes on startup) */
 	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)hashpool, sizeof(hashpool));
-	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)readbuf, sizeof(readbuf));
+
+	/* new */
+	sha1_process(&hs, buf, len);
+	sha1_done(&hs, hashpool);
+}
+
+static void write_urandom()
+{
+#ifndef DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET
+	/* This is opportunistic, don't worry about failure */
+	unsigned char buf[INIT_SEED_SIZE];
+	FILE *f = fopen(DROPBEAR_URANDOM_DEV, "w");
+	genrandom(buf, sizeof(buf));
+	fwrite(buf, sizeof(buf), 1, f);
+	fclose(f);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* add entropy from the stronger, blocking source /dev/random. Only used
+ * for generating persistent private keys (RSA and DSS) */
+void seedstrongrandom()
+{
+	/* We assume that PRNGD is a strong source, so don't need to do anything here */
+#ifndef DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET
+	hash_state hs;
+
+	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)hashpool, sizeof(hashpool));
+	if (process_file(&hs, "/dev/random", INIT_SEED_SIZE, 0) 
+			!= DROPBEAR_SUCCESS) {
+		dropbear_exit("Failure reading random device %s", "/dev/random");
+	}
+
+	sha1_done(&hs, hashpool);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* Initialise the prng from /dev/urandom or prngd. This function can
+ * be called multiple times */
+void seedrandom() {
+		
+	hash_state hs;
+
+	pid_t pid;
+	struct timeval tv;
+	clock_t clockval;
+
+	/* hash in the new seed data */
+	sha1_init(&hs);
+	/* existing state */
+	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)hashpool, sizeof(hashpool));
+
+#ifdef DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET
+	if (process_file(&hs, DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET, INIT_SEED_SIZE, 1) 
+			!= DROPBEAR_SUCCESS) {
+		dropbear_exit("Failure reading random device %s", 
+				DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET);
+	}
+#else
+	/* non-blocking random source (probably /dev/urandom) */
+	if (process_file(&hs, DROPBEAR_URANDOM_DEV, INIT_SEED_SIZE, 0) 
+			!= DROPBEAR_SUCCESS) {
+		dropbear_exit("Failure reading random device %s", 
+				DROPBEAR_URANDOM_DEV);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* A few other sources to fall back on. Add more here for other platforms */
+#ifdef __linux__
+	/* Seems to be a reasonable source of entropy from timers */
+	process_file(&hs, "/proc/timer_list", 0, 0);
+	/* Might help on systems with wireless */
+	process_file(&hs, "/proc/interrupts", 0, 0);
+#endif
+
+	pid = getpid();
+	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)&pid, sizeof(pid));
+
+	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)&tv, sizeof(tv));
+
+	clockval = clock();
+	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)&clockval, sizeof(clockval));
+
+	/* When a private key is read by the client or server it will
+	 * be added to the hashpool - see runopts.c */
+
 	sha1_done(&hs, hashpool);
 
 	counter = 0;
 	donerandinit = 1;
-}
 
-/* hash the current random pool with some unique identifiers
+	/* Feed it all back into /dev/urandom - this might help if Dropbear
- * for this process and point-in-time. this is used to separate
+	 * is running from inetd and gets new state each time */
- * the random pools for fork()ed processes. */
+	write_urandom();
-void reseedrandom() {
-
-	pid_t pid;
-	hash_state hs;
-	struct timeval tv;
-
-	if (!donerandinit) {
-		dropbear_exit("seedrandom not done");
-	}
-
-	pid = getpid();
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-
-	sha1_init(&hs);
-	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)hashpool, sizeof(hashpool));
-	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)&pid, sizeof(pid));
-	sha1_process(&hs, (void*)&tv, sizeof(tv));
-	sha1_done(&hs, hashpool);
 }
 
 /* return len bytes of pseudo-random data */

random.h

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 
 struct mp_int;
 
+void seedstrongrandom();
 void seedrandom();
-void reseedrandom();
+void genrandom(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int len);
-void genrandom(unsigned char* buf, int len);
+void addrandom(char * buf, unsigned int len);
-void addrandom(unsigned char* buf, int len);
 void gen_random_mpint(mp_int *max, mp_int *rand);
 
 #endif /* _RANDOM_H_ */

svr-chansession.c

@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static void execchild(void *user_data) {
 	svr_opts.hostkey = NULL;
 
 	/* overwrite the prng state */
-	reseedrandom();
+	seedrandom();
 #endif
 
 	/* clear environment */

svr-main.c

@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ void main_noinetd() {
 				goto out;
 			}
 
+			seedrandom();
+
 			if (pipe(childpipe) < 0) {
 				TRACE(("error creating child pipe"))
 				goto out;
@@ -267,8 +269,11 @@ void main_noinetd() {
 			if (fork_ret < 0) {
 				dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Error forking: %s", strerror(errno));
 				goto out;
+			}
 
-			} else if (fork_ret > 0) {
+			addrandom(&fork_ret, sizeof(fork_ret));
+			
+			if (fork_ret > 0) {
 
 				/* parent */
 				childpipes[conn_idx] = childpipe[0];

svr-session.c

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ static const struct ChanType *svr_chantypes[] = {
 void svr_session(int sock, int childpipe) {
 	char *host, *port;
 	size_t len;
-    reseedrandom();
 
 	crypto_init();
 	common_session_init(sock, sock);

sysoptions.h

@@ -182,14 +182,6 @@
 #error "You can't turn on PASSWORD and PAM auth both at once. Fix it in options.h"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV) && defined(DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET)
-#error "You can't turn on DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET and DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV at once"
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV) && !defined(DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET)
-#error "You must choose one of DROPBEAR_PRNGD_SOCKET or DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV in options.h"
-#endif
-
 /* We use dropbear_client and dropbear_server as shortcuts to avoid redundant
  * code, if we're just compiling as client or server */
 #if defined(DROPBEAR_SERVER) && defined(DROPBEAR_CLIENT)