[PATCH 5/8] DRBG: use kmalloc instead of kzalloc for V and C
From: Stephan Mueller <hidden>
Date: 2014-08-17 15:43:52
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Subsystem:
crypto api, the rest · Maintainers:
Herbert Xu, "David S. Miller", Linus Torvalds
When allocating V, C, the zeroization is only needed when allocating a new instance of the DRBG, i.e. when performing an initial seeding. For all other allocations, the memcpy implemented in drbg_copy_drbg ensures that the memory is filled with the correct information. Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <redacted> --- crypto/drbg.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crypto/drbg.c b/crypto/drbg.c
index d13f588..997c510 100644
--- a/crypto/drbg.c
+++ b/crypto/drbg.c@@ -1142,6 +1142,11 @@ static int drbg_seed(struct drbg_state *drbg, struct drbg_string *pers, pr_devel("DRBG: using personalization string\n"); } + if (!reseed) { + memset(drbg->V, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg)); + memset(drbg->C, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg)); + } + ret = drbg->d_ops->update(drbg, &seedlist, reseed); if (ret) goto out;
@@ -1186,14 +1191,14 @@ static inline int drbg_alloc_state(struct drbg_state *drbg) if (!drbg) return -EINVAL; - drbg->V = kzalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL); + drbg->V = kmalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL); if (!drbg->V) goto err; - drbg->C = kzalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL); + drbg->C = kmalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL); if (!drbg->C) goto err; #ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS - drbg->prev = kzalloc(drbg_blocklen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL); + drbg->prev = kmalloc(drbg_blocklen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL); if (!drbg->prev) goto err; drbg->fips_primed = false;
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