linux-kernel - [v2.6.34-stable 036/213] net: sctp: sctp_setsockopt_auth

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Date:	Wed, 5 Feb 2014 14:59:51 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [v2.6.34-stable 036/213] net: sctp: sctp_setsockopt_auth_key: use kzfree instead of kfree

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit 6ba542a291a5e558603ac51cda9bded347ce7627 upstream.

In sctp_setsockopt_auth_key, we create a temporary copy of the user
passed shared auth key for the endpoint or association and after
internal setup, we free it right away. Since it's sensitive data, we
should zero out the key before returning the memory back to the
allocator. Thus, use kzfree instead of kfree, just as we do in
sctp_auth_key_put().

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 net/sctp/socket.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 03daceb2d9a0..38c19d38f438 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -3276,7 +3276,7 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_auth_key(struct sock *sk,
 
 	ret = sctp_auth_set_key(sctp_sk(sk)->ep, asoc, authkey);
 out:
-	kfree(authkey);
+	kzfree(authkey);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.5.2

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