linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] crypto: inside-secure

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Message-ID: <159903735372.787733.15894349534421505943@kwain>
Date:   Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:02:34 +0200
From:   Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
To:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] crypto: inside-secure - use kfree_sensitive()

Hello Denis,

Quoting Denis Efremov (2020-08-27 08:43:59)
> Use kfree_sensitive() instead of open-coding it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>

Acked-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>

Thanks!
Antoine

> ---
>  drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
> index 16a467969d8e..5ffdc1cd5847 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
> @@ -1082,8 +1082,7 @@ static int safexcel_hmac_init_pad(struct ahash_request *areq,
>                 }
>  
>                 /* Avoid leaking */
> -               memzero_explicit(keydup, keylen);
> -               kfree(keydup);
> +               kfree_sensitive(keydup);
>  
>                 if (ret)
>                         return ret;
> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 

-- 
Antoine Ténart, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com