use memzero_explicit instead of memset to clear sensitive data, such as key. Signed-off-by: Kai Ye <yekai13@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c index 352d80c..4a08b2a 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha.c @@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ static inline void atmel_sha_hmac_key_init(struct atmel_sha_hmac_key *hkey) static inline void atmel_sha_hmac_key_release(struct atmel_sha_hmac_key *hkey) { kfree(hkey->keydup); - memset(hkey, 0, sizeof(*hkey)); + memzero_explicit(hkey, sizeof(*hkey)); } static inline int atmel_sha_hmac_key_set(struct atmel_sha_hmac_key *hkey, -- 2.8.1