From: Stephan Mueller Subject: [PATCH] crypto: AF_ALG: zeroize key data Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:34:03 +0100 Message-ID: <4092638.L73RGXcGnC@tachyon.chronox.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: 'LKML' , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: 'Herbert Xu' Return-path: Received: from mail.eperm.de ([89.247.134.16]:51006 "EHLO mail.eperm.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755104AbaLWIeH (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2014 03:34:07 -0500 Received: from tachyon.chronox.de by mail.eperm.de with [XMail 1.27 ESMTP Server] id for from ; Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:34:04 +0100 Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: alg_setkey should zeroize the sensitive data after use. Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller --- 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; } -- 2.1.0