From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 7b5164fb1279bf0251371848e40bae646b59b3a8 upstream.
This buffer may contain entropic data that shouldn't stick around longer
than needed, so zero out the temporary buffer at the end of write_pool().
Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/random.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1336,19 +1336,24 @@ static __poll_t random_poll(struct file
static int write_pool(const char __user *ubuf, size_t count)
{
size_t len;
+ int ret = 0;
u8 block[BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE];
while (count) {
len = min(count, sizeof(block));
- if (copy_from_user(block, ubuf, len))
- return -EFAULT;
+ if (copy_from_user(block, ubuf, len)) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
+ }
count -= len;
ubuf += len;
mix_pool_bytes(block, len);
cond_resched();
}
- return 0;
+out:
+ memzero_explicit(block, sizeof(block));
+ return ret;
}
static ssize_t random_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
