From ca2b746d5f91a37f01baedff54b9315a50ee617d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Minjie Du Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:26:48 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: use kfree_sensitive() in plpks_gen_password() 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 Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://msgid.link/20230717092648.9752-1-duminjie@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 2d40304eb6c1..febe18f251d0 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); } -- 2.25.1