key might contain private part of the key, so better use
kfree_sensitive to free it
---
v1: conflicts with c3d03e8e35e0:
KEYS: asymmetric: Copy sig and digest in public_key_verify_signature()
kfree_sensitive the buf variable also because it might has private
part
crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
index 50c933f86b21..170f06982381 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void public_key_describe(const struct key *asymmetric_key,
void public_key_free(struct public_key *key)
{
if (key) {
- kfree(key->key);
+ kfree_sensitive(key->key);
kfree(key->params);
kfree(key);
}
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int software_key_query(const struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
ret = 0;
error_free_key:
- kfree(key);
+ kfree_sensitive(key);
error_free_tfm:
crypto_free_akcipher(tfm);
pr_devel("<==%s() = %d\n", __func__, ret);
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int software_key_eds_op(struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
ret = req->dst_len;
error_free_key:
- kfree(key);
+ kfree_sensitive(key);
error_free_req:
akcipher_request_free(req);
error_free_tfm:
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ int public_key_verify_signature(const struct public_key *pkey,
ret = crypto_wait_req(crypto_akcipher_verify(req), &cwait);
error_free_buf:
- kfree(buf);
+ kfree_sensitive(buf);
error_free_req:
akcipher_request_free(req);
error_free_tfm:
--
2.40.1
