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Avoid modulo bias in Random::randomUInt().

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Felix Geyer 2013-10-05 14:56:18 +02:00
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src/crypto/Random.cpp
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@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
#include "crypto/Crypto.h"
#ifndef QUINT32_MAX
#define QUINT32_MAX 4294967295U
#endif
void Random::randomize(QByteArray& ba)
{
randomize(ba.data(), ba.size());
@ -38,8 +42,18 @@ QByteArray Random::randomArray(int len)
quint32 Random::randomUInt(quint32 limit)
{
Q_ASSERT(limit != 0);
Q_ASSERT(limit <= QUINT32_MAX);
quint32 rand;
const quint32 ceil = QUINT32_MAX - (QUINT32_MAX % limit) - 1;
// To avoid modulo bias:
// Make sure rand is below the largest number where rand%limit==0
do {
randomize(&rand, 4);
} while (rand > ceil);
return (rand % limit);
}