linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - zero the cmd data after use it

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Date:   Tue, 4 Aug 2020 12:43:21 +0800
From:   Liwei Song <liwei.song@...driver.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Gary Hook <gary.hook@....com>, David <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - zero the cmd data after use it



On 8/4/20 12:22, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 12:20:21PM +0800, Liwei Song wrote:
>>
>> Yes, the other process should do this zero work, but the case I met is
>> this address will appear in the slab_alloc_node() as freelist pointer of slub,
>> and before slub do zero wrok, even kzalloc() doesn't work with this address.
> 
> That would be memory corruption which has nothing to do with your
> patch.  If it is occurring then you should fix the place that is
> corrupting the memory and not work around it like this.

OK, understand, thanks for your suggestion.

Liwei.


> 
> Cheers,
>