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-rw-r--r--lib/libssl/src/crypto/rand/randfile.c19
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libssl/src/crypto/rand/randfile.c b/lib/libssl/src/crypto/rand/randfile.c
index 9ff3974cc7d..4a994bf73b4 100644
--- a/lib/libssl/src/crypto/rand/randfile.c
+++ b/lib/libssl/src/crypto/rand/randfile.c
@@ -97,13 +97,22 @@ int RAND_load_file(const char *file, long bytes)
if (file == NULL) return(0);
i=stat(file,&sb);
- /* If the state fails, put some crap in anyway */
- RAND_add(&sb,sizeof(sb),0);
- if (i < 0) return(0);
+ if (i < 0) {
+ /* If the state fails, put some crap in anyway */
+ RAND_add(&sb,sizeof(sb),0);
+ return(0);
+ }
if (bytes == 0) return(ret);
-
in=fopen(file,"rb");
if (in == NULL) goto err;
+ if (sb.st_mode & (S_IFBLK | S_IFCHR)) {
+ /* this file is a device. we don't want read an infinite number
+ * of bytes from a random device, nor do we want to use buffered
+ * I/O because we will waste system entropy.
+ */
+ bytes = (bytes == -1) ? 2048 : bytes; /* ok, is 2048 enough? */
+ setvbuf(in, NULL, _IONBF, 0); /* don't do buffered reads */
+ }
for (;;)
{
if (bytes > 0)
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ int RAND_load_file(const char *file, long bytes)
if (bytes > 0)
{
bytes-=n;
- if (bytes == 0) break;
+ if (bytes <= 0) break;
}
}
fclose(in);