linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: ecc - Protect ecc_digits_from

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Message-ID: <ZjS83WIPglXiUH3n@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 18:30:53 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Cc: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>, Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>,
	keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: ecc - Protect ecc_digits_from_bytes from reading
 too many bytes

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 01:14:15PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> 
> Yeah, sure, that would be even better, or even memzero_explicit()?

memzero_explicit should only be used for stack memory.

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