Without the barrier_data() inside memzero_explicit(), the compiler may optimize away the state-clearing if it can tell that the state is not used afterwards. At least in lib/crypto/sha256.c:__sha256_final(), the function can get inlined into sha256(), in which case the memset is optimized away. Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/crypto/sha1_base.h | 3 ++- include/crypto/sha256_base.h | 3 ++- include/crypto/sha512_base.h | 3 ++- include/crypto/sm3_base.h | 3 ++- lib/crypto/sha256.c | 2 +- 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/crypto/sha1_base.h b/include/crypto/sha1_base.h index 20fd1f7468af..a5d6033efef7 100644 --- a/include/crypto/sha1_base.h +++ b/include/crypto/sha1_base.h @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <crypto/sha.h> #include <linux/crypto.h> #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/string.h> #include <asm/unaligned.h> @@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ static inline int sha1_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out) for (i = 0; i < SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE / sizeof(__be32); i++) put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], digest++); - *sctx = (struct sha1_state){}; + memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx)); return 0; } diff --git a/include/crypto/sha256_base.h b/include/crypto/sha256_base.h index 6ded110783ae..93f9fd21cc06 100644 --- a/include/crypto/sha256_base.h +++ b/include/crypto/sha256_base.h @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <crypto/sha.h> #include <linux/crypto.h> #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/string.h> #include <asm/unaligned.h> @@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ static inline int sha256_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out) for (i = 0; digest_size > 0; i++, digest_size -= sizeof(__be32)) put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], digest++); - *sctx = (struct sha256_state){}; + memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx)); return 0; } diff --git a/include/crypto/sha512_base.h b/include/crypto/sha512_base.h index fb19c77494dc..93ab73baa38e 100644 --- a/include/crypto/sha512_base.h +++ b/include/crypto/sha512_base.h @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <crypto/sha.h> #include <linux/crypto.h> #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/string.h> #include <asm/unaligned.h> @@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ static inline int sha512_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out) for (i = 0; digest_size > 0; i++, digest_size -= sizeof(__be64)) put_unaligned_be64(sctx->state[i], digest++); - *sctx = (struct sha512_state){}; + memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx)); return 0; } diff --git a/include/crypto/sm3_base.h b/include/crypto/sm3_base.h index 1cbf9aa1fe52..2f3a32ab97bb 100644 --- a/include/crypto/sm3_base.h +++ b/include/crypto/sm3_base.h @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include <crypto/sm3.h> #include <linux/crypto.h> #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/string.h> #include <asm/unaligned.h> typedef void (sm3_block_fn)(struct sm3_state *sst, u8 const *src, int blocks); @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ static inline int sm3_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out) for (i = 0; i < SM3_DIGEST_SIZE / sizeof(__be32); i++) put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], digest++); - *sctx = (struct sm3_state){}; + memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx)); return 0; } diff --git a/lib/crypto/sha256.c b/lib/crypto/sha256.c index 2321f6cb322f..d43bc39ab05e 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/sha256.c +++ b/lib/crypto/sha256.c @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static void __sha256_final(struct sha256_state *sctx, u8 *out, int digest_words) put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], &dst[i]); /* Zeroize sensitive information. */ - memset(sctx, 0, sizeof(*sctx)); + memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx)); } void sha256_final(struct sha256_state *sctx, u8 *out) -- 2.26.2