From: Wang Ming Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:59:19 +0000 (+0800) Subject: net: ipv4: Use kfree_sensitive instead of kfree X-Git-Tag: v5.15.123~24 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b87a7e3a330caabea48d6120bb58b430ee8f9fdd;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git net: ipv4: Use kfree_sensitive instead of kfree [ Upstream commit daa751444fd9d4184270b1479d8af49aaf1a1ee6 ] key might contain private part of the key, so better use kfree_sensitive to free it. Fixes: 38320c70d282 ("[IPSEC]: Use crypto_aead and authenc in ESP") Signed-off-by: Wang Ming Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c index d747166bb291c..386e9875e5b80 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c @@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static int esp_init_authenc(struct xfrm_state *x) err = crypto_aead_setkey(aead, key, keylen); free_key: - kfree(key); + kfree_sensitive(key); error: return err;