Merge #9821: util: Specific GetOSRandom for Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD

7e6dcd9 random: Add fallback if getrandom syscall not available (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
7cad849 sanity: Move OS random to sanity check function (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
aa09ccb squashme: comment that NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES should not be changed lightly (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
224e6eb util: Specific GetOSRandom for Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD (Wladimir J. van der Laan)

Tree-SHA512: 9fd408b1316c69de86674f342339b2f89192fd317c8c036b5df4320f828fa263c7966146bfc1904c51137ee4a26e4cb0f560b2cd05e18cde4d808b9b92ad15c4

configure.ac

@@ -574,6 +574,33 @@ AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
   ]
 )
 
+# Check for different ways of gathering OS randomness
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Linux getrandom syscall)
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <unistd.h>
+  #include <sys/syscall.h>
+  #include <linux/random.h>]],
+ [[ syscall(SYS_getrandom, nullptr, 32, 0); ]])],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes); AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SYS_GETRANDOM, 1,[Define this symbol if the Linux getrandom system call is available]) ],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
+)
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for getentropy)
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <unistd.h>]],
+ [[ getentropy(nullptr, 32) ]])],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes); AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETENTROPY, 1,[Define this symbol if the BSD getentropy system call is available]) ],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
+)
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for sysctl KERN_ARND)
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <sys/types.h>
+  #include <sys/sysctl.h>]],
+ [[ static const int name[2] = {CTL_KERN, KERN_ARND};
+    sysctl(name, 2, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, 0); ]])],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes); AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SYSCTL_ARND, 1,[Define this symbol if the BSD sysctl(KERN_ARND) is available]) ],
+ [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
+)
+
+# Check for reduced exports
 if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fvisibility=hidden],[RE_CXXFLAGS="-fvisibility=hidden"],
   [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot set default symbol visibility. Use --disable-reduce-exports.])])

src/Makefile.test.include

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ BITCOIN_TESTS =\
   test/policyestimator_tests.cpp \
   test/pow_tests.cpp \
   test/prevector_tests.cpp \
+  test/random_tests.cpp \
   test/raii_event_tests.cpp \
   test/reverselock_tests.cpp \
   test/rpc_tests.cpp \

src/init.cpp

@@ -683,9 +683,15 @@ bool InitSanityCheck(void)
         InitError("Elliptic curve cryptography sanity check failure. Aborting.");
         return false;
     }
+
     if (!glibc_sanity_test() || !glibcxx_sanity_test())
         return false;
 
+    if (!Random_SanityCheck()) {
+        InitError("OS cryptographic RNG sanity check failure. Aborting.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 

src/random.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_GETRANDOM
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_GETENTROPY
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSCTL_ARND
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 
@@ -91,34 +102,86 @@ static void RandAddSeedPerfmon()
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifndef WIN32
+/** Fallback: get 32 bytes of system entropy from /dev/urandom. The most
+ * compatible way to get cryptographic randomness on UNIX-ish platforms.
+ */
+void GetDevURandom(unsigned char *ent32)
+{
+    int f = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+    if (f == -1) {
+        RandFailure();
+    }
+    int have = 0;
+    do {
+        ssize_t n = read(f, ent32 + have, NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES - have);
+        if (n <= 0 || n + have > NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES) {
+            RandFailure();
+        }
+        have += n;
+    } while (have < NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES);
+    close(f);
+}
+#endif
+
 /** Get 32 bytes of system entropy. */
-static void GetOSRand(unsigned char *ent32)
+void GetOSRand(unsigned char *ent32)
 {
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(WIN32)
     HCRYPTPROV hProvider;
     int ret = CryptAcquireContextW(&hProvider, NULL, NULL, PROV_RSA_FULL, CRYPT_VERIFYCONTEXT);
     if (!ret) {
         RandFailure();
     }
-    ret = CryptGenRandom(hProvider, 32, ent32);
+    ret = CryptGenRandom(hProvider, NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES, ent32);
     if (!ret) {
         RandFailure();
     }
     CryptReleaseContext(hProvider, 0);
-#else
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_GETRANDOM)
-    int f = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+    /* Linux. From the getrandom(2) man page:
-    if (f == -1) {
+     * "If the urandom source has been initialized, reads of up to 256 bytes
+     * will always return as many bytes as requested and will not be
+     * interrupted by signals."
+     */
+    int rv = syscall(SYS_getrandom, ent32, NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES, 0);
+    if (rv != NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES) {
+        if (rv < 0 && errno == ENOSYS) {
+            /* Fallback for kernel <3.17: the return value will be -1 and errno
+             * ENOSYS if the syscall is not available, in that case fall back
+             * to /dev/urandom.
+             */
+            GetDevURandom(ent32);
+        } else {
             RandFailure();
         }
+    }
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETENTROPY)
+    /* On OpenBSD this can return up to 256 bytes of entropy, will return an
+     * error if more are requested.
+     * The call cannot return less than the requested number of bytes.
+     */
+    if (getentropy(ent32, NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES) != 0) {
+        RandFailure();
+    }
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYSCTL_ARND)
+    /* FreeBSD and similar. It is possible for the call to return less
+     * bytes than requested, so need to read in a loop.
+     */
+    static const int name[2] = {CTL_KERN, KERN_ARND};
     int have = 0;
     do {
-        ssize_t n = read(f, ent32 + have, 32 - have);
+        size_t len = NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES - have;
-        if (n <= 0 || n + have > 32) {
+        if (sysctl(name, ARRAYLEN(name), ent32 + have, &len, NULL, 0) != 0) {
             RandFailure();
         }
-        have += n;
+        have += len;
-    } while (have < 32);
+    } while (have < NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES);
-    close(f);
+#else
+    /* Fall back to /dev/urandom if there is no specific method implemented to
+     * get system entropy for this OS.
+     */
+    GetDevURandom(ent32);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -195,3 +258,33 @@ FastRandomContext::FastRandomContext(bool fDeterministic)
     }
 }
 
+bool Random_SanityCheck()
+{
+    /* This does not measure the quality of randomness, but it does test that
+     * OSRandom() overwrites all 32 bytes of the output given a maximum
+     * number of tries.
+     */
+    static const ssize_t MAX_TRIES = 1024;
+    uint8_t data[NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES];
+    bool overwritten[NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES] = {}; /* Tracks which bytes have been overwritten at least once */
+    int num_overwritten;
+    int tries = 0;
+    /* Loop until all bytes have been overwritten at least once, or max number tries reached */
+    do {
+        memset(data, 0, NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES);
+        GetOSRand(data);
+        for (int x=0; x < NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES; ++x) {
+            overwritten[x] |= (data[x] != 0);
+        }
+
+        num_overwritten = 0;
+        for (int x=0; x < NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES; ++x) {
+            if (overwritten[x]) {
+                num_overwritten += 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        tries += 1;
+    } while (num_overwritten < NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES && tries < MAX_TRIES);
+    return (num_overwritten == NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES); /* If this failed, bailed out after too many tries */
+}

src/random.h

@@ -46,4 +46,21 @@ public:
     uint32_t Rw;
 };
 
+/* Number of random bytes returned by GetOSRand.
+ * When changing this constant make sure to change all call sites, and make
+ * sure that the underlying OS APIs for all platforms support the number.
+ * (many cap out at 256 bytes).
+ */
+static const ssize_t NUM_OS_RANDOM_BYTES = 32;
+
+/** Get 32 bytes of system entropy. Do not use this in application code: use
+ * GetStrongRandBytes instead.
+ */
+void GetOSRand(unsigned char *ent32);
+
+/** Check that OS randomness is available and returning the requested number
+ * of bytes.
+ */
+bool Random_SanityCheck();
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_RANDOM_H

src/test/random_tests.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include "random.h"
+
+#include "test/test_bitcoin.h"
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(random_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(osrandom_tests)
+{
+    BOOST_CHECK(Random_SanityCheck());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+