Reduce key duplication by enabling hardware RNG (#8803)

* Reduce key duplication by enabling hardware RNG

* Apply suggestion from @Copilot

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Apply suggestion from @Copilot

Use micros() for worst case random seed for nrf52

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Minor cleanup, remove dead code and clarify comment

* trunk

* Add useRadioEntropy bool, default false.

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Co-authored-by: Ben Meadors <benmmeadors@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jonathan Bennett <jbennett@incomsystems.biz>
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Darafei Praliaskouski
2026-04-21 09:57:06 -05:00
committed by Ben Meadors
co-authored by Ben Meadors Copilot Jonathan Bennett
parent e1f5043489
commit 23321c4588
8 changed files with 245 additions and 16 deletions
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <memory>
#if !(MESHTASTIC_EXCLUDE_PKI)
#include "HardwareRNG.h"
#include "NodeDB.h"
#include "aes-ccm.h"
#include "meshUtils.h"
@@ -26,6 +27,15 @@ void CryptoEngine::generateKeyPair(uint8_t *pubKey, uint8_t *privKey)
{
// Mix in any randomness we can, to make key generation stronger.
CryptRNG.begin(optstr(APP_VERSION));
uint8_t hardwareEntropy[64] = {0};
if (HardwareRNG::fill(hardwareEntropy, sizeof(hardwareEntropy), true)) {
CryptRNG.stir(hardwareEntropy, sizeof(hardwareEntropy));
} else {
LOG_WARN("Hardware entropy unavailable, falling back to software RNG");
}
memset(hardwareEntropy, 0, sizeof(hardwareEntropy));
if (myNodeInfo.device_id.size == 16) {
CryptRNG.stir(myNodeInfo.device_id.bytes, myNodeInfo.device_id.size);
}