File U_Use-arc4random-when-available-to-produce-the-auth-co.patch of Package libICE.6607
From 80f62c54fbd50a3bbdf9c37258525098c9117830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:18:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use arc4random when available to produce the auth cookie.
arc4random() and associated functions can be found in libbsd on
GNU/Linux systems.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>
Reviewed-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
---
configure.ac | 3 ++-
src/iceauth.c | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: libICE-1.0.8/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- libICE-1.0.8.orig/configure.ac
+++ libICE-1.0.8/configure.ac
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ XTRANS_CONNECTION_FLAGS
AC_DEFINE(ICE_t, 1, [Xtrans transport type])
# Checks for library functions.
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([asprintf])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([bsd], [arc4random_buf])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([asprintf arc4random_buf])
# Allow checking code with lint, sparse, etc.
XORG_WITH_LINT
Index: libICE-1.0.8/src/iceauth.c
===================================================================
--- libICE-1.0.8.orig/src/iceauth.c
+++ libICE-1.0.8/src/iceauth.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Author: Ralph Mor, X Consortium
#include <time.h>
#define Time_t time_t
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/stdlib.h> /* for arc4random_buf() */
+#endif
+
static int was_called_state;
/*
@@ -50,14 +54,19 @@ IceGenerateMagicCookie (
)
{
char *auth;
+#ifndef HAVE_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
long ldata[2];
int seed;
int value;
int i;
+#endif
if ((auth = (char *) malloc (len + 1)) == NULL)
return (NULL);
+#ifdef HAVE_ARC4RANDOM_BUF
+ arc4random_buf(auth, len);
+#else
#ifdef ITIMER_REAL
{
struct timeval now;
@@ -81,8 +90,8 @@ IceGenerateMagicCookie (
value = rand ();
auth[i] = value & 0xff;
}
+#endif
auth[len] = '\0';
-
return (auth);
}