netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next][RESEND] net/tls: Use aead_request

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:45:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vakul.garg@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        borisp@...lanox.com, aviadye@...lanox.com, davejwatson@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next][RESEND] net/tls: Use aead_request_alloc/free
 for request alloc/free

From: Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:32:20 +0530

> Instead of kzalloc/free for aead_request allocation and free, use
> functions aead_request_alloc(), aead_request_free(). It ensures that
> any sensitive crypto material held in crypto transforms is securely
> erased from memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>

Applied, thanks.