[newlib-cygwin/main] Cygwin: fix arc4random after fork(2)
Corinna Vinschen
corinna@sourceware.org
Mon Jan 29 12:44:11 GMT 2024
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=030a762535c1e18bf5a7ecc73b0f49898a30b157
commit 030a762535c1e18bf5a7ecc73b0f49898a30b157
Author: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
AuthorDate: Mon Jan 29 13:38:14 2024 +0100
Commit: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
CommitDate: Mon Jan 29 13:43:36 2024 +0100
Cygwin: fix arc4random after fork(2)
After using fork(), arc4random does not reseed itself, which
causes the results to become predictable. Activate droppingfork-recognition
Fixes: e0fc33322d50 ("Delete Cygwin's arc4random in favor of new Newlib implementation")
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Diff:
---
winsup/cygwin/include/machine/_arc4random.h | 11 +++++++++++
winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0 | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/machine/_arc4random.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/machine/_arc4random.h
index 2078c35972bb..fd3970f64ab2 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/machine/_arc4random.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/machine/_arc4random.h
@@ -25,4 +25,15 @@ extern int __isthreaded;
__lock_release (_arc4random_mutex); \
} while (0)
+static inline void
+_arc4random_forkdetect(void)
+{
+ extern int __in_forkee;
+
+ if (__in_forkee)
+ rs = NULL;
+}
+#define _ARC4RANDOM_FORKDETECT() _arc4random_forkdetect ()
+
+__END_DECLS
#endif /* _MACHINE_ARC4RANDOM_H */
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0
index 611636b9029d..d756c07853f6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ What changed:
- The default RLIMIT_CORE is now 0, disabling the generation of core dump or
stackdump files.
+
+Fixes:
+------
+
+- Fix arc4random reseeding after fork(2).
+ Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2024-January/255245.html
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