kfree_sensitive(ctx_p->user.key) will free the ctx_p->user.key. But ctx_p->user.key is still used in the next line, which will lead to a use after free. We can call kfree_sensitive() after dev_dbg() to avoid the uaf. Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/ccree/cc_cipher.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccree/cc_cipher.c b/drivers/crypto/ccree/cc_cipher.c index 78833491f534..309da6334a0a 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/ccree/cc_cipher.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccree/cc_cipher.c @@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ static void cc_cipher_exit(struct crypto_tfm *tfm) &ctx_p->user.key_dma_addr); /* Free key buffer in context */ - kfree_sensitive(ctx_p->user.key); dev_dbg(dev, "Free key buffer in context. key=@%p\n", ctx_p->user.key); + kfree_sensitive(ctx_p->user.key); } struct tdes_keys { -- 2.25.1