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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 16 |
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index e4587ebe52c7..c4159605bfbf 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1209,6 +1209,22 @@ config STACKTRACE It is also used by various kernel debugging features that require stack trace generation. +config WARN_UNSEEDED_RANDOM + bool "Warn when kernel uses unseeded randomness" + default y + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + help + Some parts of the kernel contain bugs relating to their use of + cryptographically secure random numbers before it's actually possible + to generate those numbers securely. This setting ensures that these + flaws don't go unnoticed, by enabling a message, should this ever + occur. This will allow people with obscure setups to know when things + are going wrong, so that they might contact developers about fixing + it. + + Say Y here, unless you simply do not care about using unseeded + randomness and do not want a potential warning message in your logs. + config DEBUG_KOBJECT bool "kobject debugging" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |