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net: sctp: sctp_auth_key_put: use kzfree instead of kfree
authorDaniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Thu, 7 Feb 2013 00:55:37 +0000 (00:55 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Mon, 13 May 2013 14:02:38 +0000 (15:02 +0100)
commit9f5c2767c8c12861bafc76e1f33435af3f92f40f
tree4a1e6deecf374b8eac07fad253f3b7f18414728f
parent3932af2c9a664a2550debd923b3c6d050aed1bc4
net: sctp: sctp_auth_key_put: use kzfree instead of  kfree

[ Upstream commit 586c31f3bf04c290dc0a0de7fc91d20aa9a5ee53 ]

For sensitive data like keying material, it is common practice to zero
out keys before returning the memory back to the allocator. Thus, use
kzfree instead of kfree.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
net/sctp/auth.c