Thread (3 messages) flat view 3 messages, 3 authors, 4d ago

Re: [PATCH] crypto: xilinx - clear AES key buffer before freeing it

From: Thomas Huth <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-09 08:56:13
Also in: linux-crypto, lkml

On 08/09/2026 21.16, Thorsten Blum wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
In xilinx_aes_aead_exit(), the AES key buffer is freed without being
cleared, which allows key material to remain in memory. Use
kfree_sensitive() to clear the buffer before freeing it.

Fixes: c315cb0005be ("crypto: xilinx - Change coherent DMA to streaming DMA API")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
---
  drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c b/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c
index d54c268dfe34..ebee37dddb1f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/xilinx/zynqmp-aes-gcm.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static void xilinx_aes_aead_exit(struct crypto_aead *aead)
  	struct xilinx_aead_tfm_ctx *tfm_ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
  
  	dma_unmap_single(tfm_ctx->dev, tfm_ctx->key_dma_addr, AES_KEYSIZE_256, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-	kfree(tfm_ctx->key);
+	kfree_sensitive(tfm_ctx->key);
  	if (tfm_ctx->fbk_cipher) {
  		crypto_free_aead(tfm_ctx->fbk_cipher);
  		tfm_ctx->fbk_cipher = NULL;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <redacted>

Keyboard shortcuts
hback out one level
jnext message in thread
kprevious message in thread
ldrill in
Escclose help / fold thread tree
?toggle this help