Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2014-12-25
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[PATCH] crypto: AF_ALG: zeroize key data

From: Stephan Mueller <hidden>
Date: 2014-12-23 08:34:10
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: crypto api, the rest · Maintainers: Herbert Xu, "David S. Miller", Linus Torvalds

alg_setkey should zeroize the sensitive data after use.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <redacted>
---
 crypto/af_alg.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/crypto/af_alg.c b/crypto/af_alg.c
index a8ff3c4..76d739d 100644
--- a/crypto/af_alg.c
+++ b/crypto/af_alg.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int alg_setkey(struct sock *sk, char __user *ukey,
 	err = type->setkey(ask->private, key, keylen);
 
 out:
-	sock_kfree_s(sk, key, keylen);
+	sock_kzfree_s(sk, key, keylen);
 
 	return err;
 }
-- 
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