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Subject: [PATCH 4.9 084/264] random: do not sign extend bytes for rotation when mixing
Date:   Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:41:17 +0200
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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>

commit 0d9488ffbf2faddebc6bac055bfa6c93b94056a3 upstream.

By using `char` instead of `unsigned char`, certain platforms will sign
extend the byte when `w = rol32(*bytes++, input_rotate)` is called,
meaning that bit 7 is overrepresented when mixing. This isn't a real
problem (unless the mixer itself is already broken) since it's still
invertible, but it's not quite correct either. Fix this by using an
explicit unsigned type.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/char/random.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static void _mix_pool_bytes(struct entro
 	unsigned long i, tap1, tap2, tap3, tap4, tap5;
 	int input_rotate;
 	int wordmask = r->poolinfo->poolwords - 1;
-	const char *bytes = in;
+	const unsigned char *bytes = in;
 	__u32 w;
 
 	tap1 = r->poolinfo->tap1;