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    crypto: memzero_explicit - make sure to clear out sensitive data · 7185ad26
    Daniel Borkmann authored
    
    
    Recently, in commit 13aa93c70e71 ("random: add and use memzero_explicit()
    for clearing data"), we have found that GCC may optimize some memset()
    cases away when it detects a stack variable is not being used anymore
    and going out of scope. This can happen, for example, in cases when we
    are clearing out sensitive information such as keying material or any
    e.g. intermediate results from crypto computations, etc.
    
    With the help of Coccinelle, we can figure out and fix such occurences
    in the crypto subsytem as well. Julia Lawall provided the following
    Coccinelle program:
    
      @@
      type T;
      identifier x;
      @@
    
      T x;
      ... when exists
          when any
      -memset
      +memzero_explicit
         (&x,
      -0,
         ...)
      ... when != x
          when strict
    
      @@
      type T;
      identifier x;
      @@
    
      T x[...];
      ... when exists
          when any
      -memset
      +memzero_explicit
         (x,
      -0,
         ...)
      ... when != x
          when strict
    
    Therefore, make use of the drop-in replacement memzero_explicit() for
    exactly such cases instead of using memset().
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
    Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
    Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
    Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
    Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarHannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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