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crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible
authorMarek BehĂșn <kabel@kernel.org>
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:57:18 +0000 (11:57 +0200)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 01:32:57 +0000 (09:32 +0800)
commit8006aff15516a170640239c5a8e6696c0ba18d8e
tree7e1100d6083bf63f2e831422746e2f1d0bfc4e4c
parent002ba346e3d76bb2b09448beed06c5ea1b0e06b8
crypto: atmel-sha204a - Set hwrng quality to lowest possible

According to the review by Bill Cox [1], the Atmel SHA204A random number
generator produces random numbers with very low entropy.

Set the lowest possible entropy for this chip just to be safe.

[1] https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-December/023858.html

Fixes: da001fb651b00e1d ("crypto: atmel-i2c - add support for SHA204A random number generator")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek BehĂșn <kabel@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c