Re: [PATCH] hwrng: core - zeroize buffers with random data

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On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 03:57:05PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> 
> The HWRNG core allocates two buffers during initialization which are
> used to obtain random data. After that data is processed, it is now
> zeroized as it is possible that the HWRNG core will not be asked to
> produce more random data for a long time. This prevents leaving such
> sensitive data in memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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