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[PATCH 7/8] Replace memset() with memzero_explicit()

From: Sandy Harris <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-16 11:41:03
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Subsystem: crypto api, the rest · Maintainers: Herbert Xu, "David S. Miller", Linus Torvalds

Replace memset(address,0,bytes) which may be optimised
away with memzero_explicit(address,bytes) which resists
such optimisation

---
 crypto/sm2.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/crypto/sm2.c b/crypto/sm2.c
index db8a4a265669..58641d964671 100644
--- a/crypto/sm2.c
+++ b/crypto/sm2.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void sm2_ec_ctx_deinit(struct mpi_ec_ctx *ec)
 {
     mpi_ec_deinit(ec);

-    memset(ec, 0, sizeof(*ec));
+    memzero_explicit(ec, sizeof(*ec));
 }

 /* RESULT must have been initialized and is set on success to the
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