DxeRngLib: GetRandomNumber spurious success #6486
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Description
The GetRandomNumber functions in DxeRngLib can return success without actually generating a random number. This occurs because there is a code path through
GenerateRandomNumberViaNist800Algorithm
that does not update the output buffer and does not initialize theStatus
variable.Available
set.In this condition, the
Status
variable is never initialized,Buffer
data is never touched. It is fairly likely that Status is 0, so we can return EFI_SUCCESS without writing anything to Buffer.Fix is to set
Status = error_code
in this code path.EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION
seems appropriate.How This Was Tested
EFI_SUCCESS
returned fromGetRandomNumber16
even though output value remained 0.EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION
returned fromGetRandomNumber16
when expected.PcdEnforceSecureRngAlgorithms
to false, observed successful RNG generation.Integration Instructions
N/A