From 1a71d6ffe18c0d0f03fc8531949cc8ed41d702ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Milan Broz Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:36:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] dm crypt: use memzero_explicit for on-stack buffer 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 Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c index cd15e0801228..ce11a90a33c3 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c @@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ 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; }