[PATCH v1] powerpc/pseries: use kfree_sensitive() in plpks_gen_password()
Minjie Du
duminjie at vivo.com
Mon Jul 17 19:26:48 AEST 2023
password might contain private information, so better use
kfree_sensitive to free it.
In plpks_gen_password() use kfree_sensitive().
Signed-off-by: Minjie Du <duminjie at vivo.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
index b0658ea3e..3441e616e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int plpks_gen_password(void)
ospasswordlength = maxpwsize;
ospassword = kzalloc(maxpwsize, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ospassword) {
- kfree(password);
+ kfree_sensitive(password);
return -ENOMEM;
}
memcpy(ospassword, password, ospasswordlength);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int plpks_gen_password(void)
}
}
out:
- kfree(password);
+ kfree_sensitive(password);
return pseries_status_to_err(rc);
}
--
2.39.0
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