From ff529f2ce5a5fc472ecf70649b7c31a82a7239c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masahiko Sawada Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 23:02:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH v2] Support getentropy() as source of pg_strong_random() where available. Author: Reviewed-by: Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ Backpatch-through: --- configure | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++- configure.ac | 8 +++++++- meson.build | 5 +++++ src/include/pg_config.h.in | 3 +++ src/port/pg_strong_random.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 5 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index 507a2437c33..f11cd4265bf 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -16243,6 +16243,25 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF _ACEOF +ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "sys/random.h" "ac_cv_header_sys_random_h" "$ac_includes_default" +if test "x$ac_cv_header_sys_random_h" = xyes; then : + for ac_func in getentropy +do : + ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "getentropy" "ac_cv_func_getentropy" +if test "x$ac_cv_func_getentropy" = xyes; then : + cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF +#define HAVE_GETENTROPY 1 +_ACEOF + +$as_echo "#define HAVE_GETENTROPY 1" >>confdefs.h + +fi +done + +fi + + + ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "explicit_bzero" "ac_cv_func_explicit_bzero" if test "x$ac_cv_func_explicit_bzero" = xyes; then : $as_echo "#define HAVE_EXPLICIT_BZERO 1" >>confdefs.h @@ -18479,6 +18498,9 @@ $as_echo "Windows native" >&6; } elif test x"$cross_compiling" = x"yes"; then { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: assuming /dev/urandom" >&5 $as_echo "assuming /dev/urandom" >&6; } +elif test x"$ac_cv_func_getentropy" = x"yes"; then + { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: getentropy" >&5 +$as_echo "getentropy" >&6; } else { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: /dev/urandom" >&5 $as_echo "/dev/urandom" >&6; } @@ -18505,7 +18527,7 @@ fi if test x"$ac_cv_file__dev_urandom" = x"no" ; then as_fn_error $? " no source of strong random numbers was found -PostgreSQL can use OpenSSL, native Windows API or /dev/urandom as a source of random numbers." "$LINENO" 5 +PostgreSQL can use OpenSSL, native Windows API, getentropy function, or /dev/urandom as a source of random numbers." "$LINENO" 5 fi fi diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 5f4548adc5c..9cf453fcd23 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -1850,6 +1850,10 @@ AC_CHECK_DECLS([memset_s], [], [], [#define __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ 1 # This is probably only present on macOS, but may as well check always AC_CHECK_DECLS(F_FULLFSYNC, [], [], [#include ]) +AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/random.h], + [AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getentropy], + [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETENTROPY, 1, [Define to 1 if you have getentropy])])]) + AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(m4_normalize([ explicit_bzero getopt @@ -2314,6 +2318,8 @@ elif test x"$PORTNAME" = x"win32" ; then AC_MSG_RESULT([Windows native]) elif test x"$cross_compiling" = x"yes"; then AC_MSG_RESULT([assuming /dev/urandom]) +elif test x"$ac_cv_func_getentropy" = x"yes"; then + AC_MSG_RESULT(getentropy) else AC_MSG_RESULT([/dev/urandom]) AC_CHECK_FILE([/dev/urandom], [], []) @@ -2321,7 +2327,7 @@ else if test x"$ac_cv_file__dev_urandom" = x"no" ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([ no source of strong random numbers was found -PostgreSQL can use OpenSSL, native Windows API or /dev/urandom as a source of random numbers.]) +PostgreSQL can use OpenSSL, native Windows API, getentropy function, or /dev/urandom as a source of random numbers.]) fi fi diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build index ca423dc8e12..d34c6ae39f2 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -2705,6 +2705,11 @@ return 0; don't.'''.format(func)) endforeach +if cc.has_header('sys/random.h') and cc.has_function('getentropy', + args: test_c_args, prefix: ''' +#include ''') + cdata.set('HAVE_GETENTROPY', 1) +endif if cc.has_type('struct option', args: test_c_args, include_directories: postgres_inc, diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in index c4dc5d72bdb..eb02137f92d 100644 --- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in +++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in @@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ /* Define to 1 if you have the `getauxval' function. */ #undef HAVE_GETAUXVAL +/* Define to 1 if you have getentropy */ +#undef HAVE_GETENTROPY + /* Define to 1 if you have the `getifaddrs' function. */ #undef HAVE_GETIFADDRS diff --git a/src/port/pg_strong_random.c b/src/port/pg_strong_random.c index ea6780dcc9f..c3ea5f7b779 100644 --- a/src/port/pg_strong_random.c +++ b/src/port/pg_strong_random.c @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ * * 1. OpenSSL's RAND_bytes() * 2. Windows' CryptGenRandom() function - * 3. /dev/urandom + * 3. getentropy() function + * 4. /dev/urandom * * Returns true on success, and false if none of the sources * were available. NB: It is important to check the return value! @@ -134,10 +135,43 @@ pg_strong_random(void *buf, size_t len) return false; } -#else /* not USE_OPENSSL or WIN32 */ +#elif HAVE_GETENTROPY + +#include + +#define GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN 256 + +void +pg_strong_random_init(void) +{ + /* No initialization needed */ +} + +bool +pg_strong_random(void *buf, size_t len) +{ + char *p = buf; + ssize_t res; + + while (len) + { + size_t l = Min(len, GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN); + + res = getentropy(buf, l); + if (res < 0) + return false; + + p += l; + len -= l; + } + + return true; +} + +#else /* not USE_OPENSSL, WIN32, or HAVE_GETENTROPY */ /* - * Without OpenSSL or Win32 support, just read /dev/urandom ourselves. + * Without OpenSSL, Win32, or getentropy() support, just read /dev/urandom ourselves. */ void -- 2.47.3