util/nvmutil: rand: use getrandom on newer linux

we still fall back to the old /dev/urandom read
on older linux, via runtime detection (ENOSYS).

getrandom is better, because it guarantees entropy
via blocking, and works even when /dev/urandom
is unavailable.

it has the same practical benefit as arc4random,
which i use on bsd. linux can have arc4random,
but not every linux libc has it, so it's better
to use getrandom on linux.

older linux will fall back to /dev/urandom

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
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Leah Rowe
2026-03-19 18:34:28 +00:00
parent bad5688ae9
commit a3e3cdc057
2 changed files with 105 additions and 3 deletions
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@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <limits.h>
/* for linux getrandom
*/
#if defined(__linux__)
#include <errno.h>
#if defined(__has_include)
#if __has_include(<sys/random.h>)
#include <sys/random.h>
#define HAVE_GETRANDOM 1
#endif
#endif
#if !defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM)
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#if defined(SYS_getrandom)
#define HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL 1
#endif
#endif
#endif
#define items(x) (sizeof((x)) / sizeof((x)[0]))
/* system prototypes
@@ -318,6 +337,12 @@ void set_mac_nib(unsigned long mac_str_pos,
unsigned long mac_byte_pos, unsigned long mac_nib_pos);
unsigned short hextonum(char ch_s);
unsigned long rlong(void);
#if defined(__linux__)
#if defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM) || \
defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL)
int fallback_rand_getrandom(void *buf, size_t len);
#endif
#endif
void write_mac_part(unsigned long partnum);
/* Helper functions for command: dump