linux-kernel - [PATCH] s390/pkey: use kvfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warning

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Message-ID: <ZjkK_EfK9L5qMksX@octinomon.home>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 17:53:16 +0100
From: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
To: svens@...ux.ibm.com
Cc: borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, agordeev@...ux.ibm.com,
	gor@...ux.ibm.com, freude@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH]  s390/pkey: use kvfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warning

Replace memzero_expliocit() and kfree() with kfree_sentive() to fix
warning reported by Coccinelle

WARNING opportunity for kfree_sensitive/kvfree_sensitive

Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
---
 drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
index dccf664a3d95..76e98275f6ab 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c
@@ -1503,8 +1503,7 @@ static long pkey_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 		rc = pkey_keyblob2pkey(kkey, ktp.keylen, ktp.protkey.protkey,
 				       &ktp.protkey.len, &ktp.protkey.type);
 		pr_debug("%s pkey_keyblob2pkey()=%d\n", __func__, rc);
-		memzero_explicit(kkey, ktp.keylen);
-		kfree(kkey);
+		kvfree_sensitive(kkey, ktp.keylen);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
 		if (copy_to_user(utp, &ktp, sizeof(ktp)))
-- 
2.43.2