GNU bug report logs - #38753
27.0.60; cl--random-state uncontrolled growth due to bignums

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Wellons <wellons <at> nullprogram.com>

Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 17:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.60

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
Cc: wellons <at> nullprogram.com, 38753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38753: 27.0.60; cl--random-state uncontrolled growth due to bignums
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 20:12:02 +0200

> From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 17:33:59 +0000
> Cc: 38753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> That looks excellent. Maybe we should be using a cryptographic RNG by
> default, though?

Are you aware that we already init the random seed using system
entropy and/or cryptographic RNG?  See init_random.
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