linux-kernel - [PATCH net v1] net: ipv4: Use kfree

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:59:19 +0800
From:   Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
To:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     opensource.kernel@...o.com, Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v1] net: ipv4: Use kfree_sensitive instead of kfree

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

Fixes: 38320c70d282 ("[IPSEC]: Use crypto_aead and authenc in ESP")
Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
---
 net/ipv4/esp4.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
index ba06ed42e428..2be2d4922557 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ static int esp_init_authenc(struct xfrm_state *x,
 	err = crypto_aead_setkey(aead, key, keylen);
 
 free_key:
-	kfree(key);
+	kfree_sensitive(key);
 
 error:
 	return err;
-- 
2.25.1