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diff --git a/util/random.lua b/util/random.lua
index d8a84514..8ae06b49 100644
--- a/util/random.lua
+++ b/util/random.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ if ok then return crand; end
local urandom, urandom_err = io.open("/dev/urandom", "r");
local function bytes(n)
- return urandom:read(n);
+ local data, err = urandom:read(n);
+ if not data then
+ error("Unable to retrieve data from secure random number generator (/dev/urandom): "..err);
+ end
+ return data;
end
if not urandom then