From: Milan Broz Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:36:04 +0000 (+0100) Subject: dm crypt: use memzero_explicit for on-stack buffer X-Git-Tag: v3.16.35~3298 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=20c3e542cc04167311887d7b53768ab9abf58098;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git dm crypt: use memzero_explicit for on-stack buffer commit 1a71d6ffe18c0d0f03fc8531949cc8ed41d702ee upstream. Use memzero_explicit to cleanup sensitive data allocated on stack to prevent the compiler from optimizing and removing memset() calls. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques --- diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c index 3e6ef4b1fb468..f87223056696b 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static int crypt_iv_tcw_whitening(struct crypt_config *cc, for (i = 0; i < ((1 << SECTOR_SHIFT) / 8); i++) crypto_xor(data + i * 8, buf, 8); out: - memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf)); + memzero_explicit(buf, sizeof(buf)); return r; }