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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: Add kvfree_sensitive() for freeing sensitive data objects
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    On Sun, 2020-04-05 at 22:37 -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
    > For kvmalloc'ed data object that contains sensitive information like
    > cryptographic key, we need to make sure that the buffer is always
    > cleared before freeing it. Using memset() alone for buffer clearing may
    > not provide certainty as the compiler may compile it away. To be sure,
    > the special memzero_explicit() has to be used.
    >
    > This patch introduces a new kvfree_sensitive() for freeing those
    > sensitive data objects allocated by kvmalloc(). The relevnat places
    > where kvfree_sensitive() can be used are modified to use it.

    Why isn't this called kvzfree like the existing kzfree?



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