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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 4e2dfbbd3d78..318df4c75454 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1766,33 +1766,6 @@ config STACKTRACE It is also used by various kernel debugging features that require stack trace generation. -config WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM - bool "Warn for all uses of unseeded randomness" - default n - 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. - - Unfortunately, on some models of some architectures getting - a fully seeded CRNG is extremely difficult, and so this can - result in dmesg getting spammed for a surprisingly long - time. This is really bad from a security perspective, and - so architecture maintainers really need to do what they can - to get the CRNG seeded sooner after the system is booted. - However, since users cannot do anything actionable to - address this, by default this option is disabled. - - Say Y here if you want to receive warnings for all uses of - unseeded randomness. This will be of use primarily for - those developers interested in improving the security of - Linux kernels running on their architecture (or - subarchitecture). - config DEBUG_KOBJECT bool "kobject debugging" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |