linux-kernel - [PATCH net v1] net: wireless: Use kfree

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Message-Id: <20230717093456.17474-1-machel@vivo.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:34:43 +0800
From:   Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
To:     Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@...rochip.com>,
        Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...rochip.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     opensource.kernel@...o.com, Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v1] net: wireless: Use kfree_sensitive instead of kfree

key might contain private part of the key, so better use
kfree_sensitive to free it.

Fixes: 7cec84fdfd88 ("staging: wilc1000: split add_key() to avoid line over 80 chars")
Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
index b545d93c6e37..45bcadeba2da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static int wilc_wfi_cfg_allocate_wpa_igtk_entry(struct wilc_priv *priv, u8 idx)
 static int wilc_wfi_cfg_copy_wpa_info(struct wilc_wfi_key *key_info,
 				      struct key_params *params)
 {
-	kfree(key_info->key);
+	kfree_sensitive(key_info->key);
 
 	key_info->key = kmemdup(params->key, params->key_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!key_info->key)
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int del_key(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *netdev, int link_id,
 	if (!pairwise && (key_index == 4 || key_index == 5)) {
 		key_index -= 4;
 		if (priv->wilc_igtk[key_index]) {
-			kfree(priv->wilc_igtk[key_index]->key);
+			kfree_sensitive(priv->wilc_igtk[key_index]->key);
 			priv->wilc_igtk[key_index]->key = NULL;
 			kfree(priv->wilc_igtk[key_index]->seq);
 			priv->wilc_igtk[key_index]->seq = NULL;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static int del_key(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *netdev, int link_id,
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (priv->wilc_gtk[key_index]) {
-			kfree(priv->wilc_gtk[key_index]->key);
+			kfree_sensitive(priv->wilc_gtk[key_index]->key);
 			priv->wilc_gtk[key_index]->key = NULL;
 			kfree(priv->wilc_gtk[key_index]->seq);
 			priv->wilc_gtk[key_index]->seq = NULL;
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static int del_key(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *netdev, int link_id,
 			priv->wilc_gtk[key_index] = NULL;
 		}
 		if (priv->wilc_ptk[key_index]) {
-			kfree(priv->wilc_ptk[key_index]->key);
+			kfree_sensitive(priv->wilc_ptk[key_index]->key);
 			priv->wilc_ptk[key_index]->key = NULL;
 			kfree(priv->wilc_ptk[key_index]->seq);
 			priv->wilc_ptk[key_index]->seq = NULL;
-- 
2.25.1