From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: Hailey Mothershead <hailmo@amazon.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:30:23 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zit0L/P7h5Q8VDlQ@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240415221915.20701-1-hailmo@amazon.com>
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 10:19:15PM +0000, Hailey Mothershead wrote:
> I.G 9.7.B for FIPS 140-3 specifies that variables temporarily holding
> cryptographic information should be zeroized once they are no longer
> needed. Accomplish this by using kfree_sensitive for buffers that
> previously held the private key.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hailey Mothershead <hailmo@amazon.com>
> ---
> crypto/aead.c | 3 +--
> crypto/cipher.c | 3 +--
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Patch applied. Thanks.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-26 9:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-15 22:19 [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use Hailey Mothershead
2024-04-15 22:49 ` Eric Biggers
2024-04-16 19:14 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: aead, cipher " Mothershead, Hailey
2024-04-17 6:13 ` Eric Biggers
2024-04-26 9:30 ` Herbert Xu [this message]
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