getrandom: allow GRND_INSECURE flag#13250
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Because we fetch from urandom under the assumption that the host urandom has sufficient entropy, we can allow and silently ignore GRND_INSECURE for the same reason we currently allow and silently ignore GRND_NONBLOCK. The randomness will be more secure than what was requested, but this is fine. PiperOrigin-RevId: 919839094
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getrandom: allow GRND_INSECURE flag
Because we fetch from urandom under the assumption that the host urandom has
sufficient entropy, we can allow and silently ignore GRND_INSECURE for the
same reason we currently allow and silently ignore GRND_NONBLOCK.
The randomness will be more secure than what was requested, but this is fine.