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SubjectRe: [PATCH] coccinelle: api: add kzfree script
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On 6/4/20 7:27 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-06-04 at 17:08 +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
>> Check for memset() with 0 followed by kfree().
>
> Perhaps those uses should be memzero_explicit or kvfree_sensitive.
>

Is it safe to suggest to use kzfree instead of memzero_explicit && kfree?
Or it would be better to use kvfree_sensitive in this case.

kzfree uses memset(0) with no barrier_data.

For example:
diff -u -p a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
--- a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
@@ -1081,8 +1081,7 @@ static int safexcel_hmac_init_pad(struct
}

/* Avoid leaking */
- memzero_explicit(keydup, keylen);
- kfree(keydup);
+ kzfree(keydup);

if (ret)
return ret;
Thanks,
Denis

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