crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2077600 [ Upstream commit 23e4099 ] 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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Portia Stephens <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Roxana Nicolescu <[email protected]>
NVIDIA · Sep 27, 2024 · 98caea5 · 98caea5
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diff --git a/crypto/aead.c b/crypto/aead.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ static int setkey_unaligned(struct crypto_aead *tfm, const u8 *key,
 	alignbuffer = (u8 *)ALIGN((unsigned long)buffer, alignmask + 1);
 	memcpy(alignbuffer, key, keylen);
 	ret = crypto_aead_alg(tfm)->setkey(tfm, alignbuffer, keylen);
-	memset(alignbuffer, 0, keylen);
-	kfree(buffer);
+	kfree_sensitive(buffer);
 	return ret;
 }
 

diff --git a/crypto/cipher.c b/crypto/cipher.c
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ static int setkey_unaligned(struct crypto_cipher *tfm, const u8 *key,
 	alignbuffer = (u8 *)ALIGN((unsigned long)buffer, alignmask + 1);
 	memcpy(alignbuffer, key, keylen);
 	ret = cia->cia_setkey(crypto_cipher_tfm(tfm), alignbuffer, keylen);
-	memset(alignbuffer, 0, keylen);
-	kfree(buffer);
+	kfree_sensitive(buffer);
 	return ret;
 
 }