I.G 9.7.B for FIPS 140-3 specifies that variables temporarily holding cryptographic information should be zeroized once they are no longer needed. Accomplish this by using kfree_sensitive for buffers that previously held the private key. Signed-off-by: Hailey Mothershead <hailmo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/aead.c | 3 +-- crypto/cipher.c | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/aead.c b/crypto/aead.c index 16991095270d..c4ece86c45bc 100644 --- a/crypto/aead.c +++ b/crypto/aead.c @@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ static int setkey_unaligned(struct crypto_aead *tfm, const u8 *key, alignbuffer = (u8 *)ALIGN((unsigned long)buffer, alignmask + 1); memcpy(alignbuffer, key, keylen); ret = crypto_aead_alg(tfm)->setkey(tfm, alignbuffer, keylen); - memset(alignbuffer, 0, keylen); - kfree(buffer); + kfree_sensitive(buffer); return ret; } diff --git a/crypto/cipher.c b/crypto/cipher.c index b47141ed4a9f..395f0c2fbb9f 100644 --- a/crypto/cipher.c +++ b/crypto/cipher.c @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ static int setkey_unaligned(struct crypto_cipher *tfm, const u8 *key, alignbuffer = (u8 *)ALIGN((unsigned long)buffer, alignmask + 1); memcpy(alignbuffer, key, keylen); ret = cia->cia_setkey(crypto_cipher_tfm(tfm), alignbuffer, keylen); - memset(alignbuffer, 0, keylen); - kfree(buffer); + kfree_sensitive(buffer); return ret; } -- 2.40.1 memsets removed and first patch in series dropped.
