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Merge pull request #71302 from tokudan/encrypted-swap-entropy-fix

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rngd: Start early during boot and encrypted swap entropy fix
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Michele Guerini Rocco 2020-02-12 01:28:03 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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nixos/modules/config/swap.nix
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@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ in
{ description = "Initialisation of swap device ${sw.device}";
wantedBy = [ "${realDevice'}.swap" ];
before = [ "${realDevice'}.swap" ];
# If swap is encrypted, depending on rngd resolves a possible entropy starvation during boot
after = mkIf (config.security.rngd.enable && sw.randomEncryption.enable) [ "rngd.service" ];
path = [ pkgs.utillinux ] ++ optional sw.randomEncryption.enable pkgs.cryptsetup;
script =

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nixos/modules/security/rngd.nix
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@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ in
description = "Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon";
# rngd may have to start early to avoid entropy starvation during boot with encrypted swap
unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
serviceConfig = {
ExecStart = "${pkgs.rng-tools}/sbin/rngd -f"
+ optionalString cfg.debug " -d";
# PrivateTmp would introduce a circular dependency if /tmp is on tmpfs and swap is encrypted,
# thus depending on rngd before swap, while swap depends on rngd to avoid entropy starvation.
NoNewPrivileges = true;
PrivateNetwork = true;
PrivateTmp = true;
ProtectSystem = "full";
ProtectHome = true;
};