[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 069/216] dm crypt: use memzero_explicit for on-stack buffer
Luis Henriques
luis.henriques at canonical.com
Mon Jan 12 18:03:06 UTC 2015
3.16.7-ckt4 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Milan Broz <gmazyland at gmail.com>
commit 1a71d6ffe18c0d0f03fc8531949cc8ed41d702ee upstream.
Use memzero_explicit to cleanup sensitive data allocated on stack
to prevent the compiler from optimizing and removing memset() calls.
Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 3e6ef4b1fb46..f87223056696 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static int crypt_iv_tcw_whitening(struct crypt_config *cc,
for (i = 0; i < ((1 << SECTOR_SHIFT) / 8); i++)
crypto_xor(data + i * 8, buf, 8);
out:
- memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ memzero_explicit(buf, sizeof(buf));
return r;
}
--
2.1.4
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