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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/random.c b/random.c
index d58c8a8..c836de9 100644
--- a/random.c
+++ b/random.c
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
static int donerandinit = 0;
/* this is used to generate unique output from the same hashpool */
-static unsigned int counter = 0;
-#define MAX_COUNTER 1000000/* the max value for the counter, so it won't loop */
+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];
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@ void seedrandom() {
hash_state hs;
- /* initialise so compilers will be happy about hashing it */
+ /* initialise so that things won't warn about
+ * hashing an undefined buffer */
if (!donerandinit) {
m_burn(hashpool, sizeof(hashpool));
}
@@ -150,6 +152,29 @@ void seedrandom() {
donerandinit = 1;
}
+/* hash the current random pool with some unique identifiers
+ * for this process and point-in-time. this is used to separate
+ * the random pools for fork()ed processes. */
+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 */
void genrandom(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int len) {