stateful_rng.h

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/*
* (C) 2016 Jack Lloyd
*
* Botan is released under the Simplified BSD License (see license.txt)
*/
 
#ifndef BOTAN_STATEFUL_RNG_H_
#define BOTAN_STATEFUL_RNG_H_
 
#include <botan/mutex.h>
#include <botan/rng.h>
 
namespace Botan {
 
/**
* Inherited by RNGs which maintain in-process state, like HMAC_DRBG.
* On Unix these RNGs are vulnerable to problems with fork, where the
* RNG state is duplicated, and the parent and child process RNGs will
* produce identical output until one of them reseeds. Stateful_RNG
* reseeds itself whenever a fork is detected, or after a set number of
* bytes have been output.
*
* Not implemented by RNGs which access an external RNG, such as the
* system PRNG or a hardware RNG.
*/
class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) Stateful_RNG : public RandomNumberGenerator {
   public:
      /**
      * @param rng is a reference to some RNG which will be used
      * to perform the periodic reseeding
      * @param entropy_sources will be polled to perform reseeding periodically
      * @param reseed_interval specifies a limit of how many times
      * the RNG will be called before automatic reseeding is performed
      */
      Stateful_RNG(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, Entropy_Sources& entropy_sources, size_t reseed_interval) :
            m_underlying_rng(&rng), m_entropy_sources(&entropy_sources), m_reseed_interval(reseed_interval) {}
 
      /**
      * @param rng is a reference to some RNG which will be used
      * to perform the periodic reseeding
      * @param reseed_interval specifies a limit of how many times
      * the RNG will be called before automatic reseeding is performed
      */
      Stateful_RNG(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, size_t reseed_interval) :
            m_underlying_rng(&rng), m_reseed_interval(reseed_interval) {}
 
      /**
      * @param entropy_sources will be polled to perform reseeding periodically
      * @param reseed_interval specifies a limit of how many times
      * the RNG will be called before automatic reseeding is performed
      */
      Stateful_RNG(Entropy_Sources& entropy_sources, size_t reseed_interval) :
            m_entropy_sources(&entropy_sources), m_reseed_interval(reseed_interval) {}
 
      /**
      * In this case, automatic reseeding is impossible
      */
      Stateful_RNG() : m_reseed_interval(0) {}
 
      /**
      * Consume this input and mark the RNG as initialized regardless
      * of the length of the input or the current seeded state of
      * the RNG.
      */
      void initialize_with(std::span<const uint8_t> input);
 
      void initialize_with(const uint8_t input[], size_t length) { this->initialize_with(std::span(input, length)); }
 
      bool is_seeded() const final;
 
      bool accepts_input() const final { return true; }
 
      /**
      * Mark state as requiring a reseed on next use
      */
      void force_reseed();
 
      void reseed_from_rng(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, size_t poll_bits = RandomNumberGenerator::DefaultPollBits) final;
 
      /**
      * Poll provided sources for up to poll_bits bits of entropy
      * or until the timeout expires. Returns estimate of the number
      * of bits collected.
      */
      size_t reseed(Entropy_Sources& srcs,
                    size_t poll_bits = RandomNumberGenerator::DefaultPollBits,
                    std::chrono::milliseconds poll_timeout = RandomNumberGenerator::DefaultPollTimeout) override;
 
      /**
      * @return intended security level of this DRBG
      */
      virtual size_t security_level() const = 0;
 
      /**
      * Some DRBGs have a notion of the maximum number of bytes per
      * request.  Longer requests (to randomize) will be treated as
      * multiple requests, and may initiate reseeding multiple times,
      * depending on the values of max_number_of_bytes_per_request and
      * reseed_interval(). This function returns zero if the RNG in
      * question does not have such a notion.
      *
      * @return max number of bytes per request (or zero)
      */
      virtual size_t max_number_of_bytes_per_request() const = 0;
 
      size_t reseed_interval() const { return m_reseed_interval; }
 
      void clear() final;
 
   protected:
      void reseed_check();
 
      virtual void generate_output(std::span<uint8_t> output, std::span<const uint8_t> input) = 0;
 
      virtual void update(std::span<const uint8_t> input) = 0;
 
      virtual void clear_state() = 0;
 
   private:
      void generate_batched_output(std::span<uint8_t> output, std::span<const uint8_t> input);
 
      void fill_bytes_with_input(std::span<uint8_t> output, std::span<const uint8_t> input) final;
 
      void reset_reseed_counter();
 
      mutable recursive_mutex_type m_mutex;
 
      // A non-owned and possibly null pointer to shared RNG
      RandomNumberGenerator* m_underlying_rng = nullptr;
 
      // A non-owned and possibly null pointer to a shared Entropy_Source
      Entropy_Sources* m_entropy_sources = nullptr;
 
      const size_t m_reseed_interval;
      uint32_t m_last_pid = 0;
 
      /*
      * Set to 1 after a successful seeding, then incremented.  Reset
      * to 0 by clear() or a fork. This logic is used even if
      * automatic reseeding is disabled (via m_reseed_interval = 0)
      */
      size_t m_reseed_counter = 0;
};
 
}  // namespace Botan
 
#endif