crypto: asym_tpm: correct zero out potential secrets
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 4 Dec 2020 08:01:36 +0000 (09:01 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 09:48:53 +0000 (10:48 +0100)
The function derive_pub_key() should be calling memzero_explicit()
instead of memset() in case the complier decides to optimize away the
call to memset() because it "knows" no one is going to touch the memory
anymore.

Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reported-by: Ilil Blum Shem-Tov <ilil.blum.shem-tov@intel.com>
Tested-by: Ilil Blum Shem-Tov <ilil.blum.shem-tov@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/X8ns4AfwjKudpyfe@kroah.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
crypto/asymmetric_keys/asym_tpm.c

index 511932a..0959613 100644 (file)
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static uint32_t derive_pub_key(const void *pub_key, uint32_t len, uint8_t *buf)
        memcpy(cur, e, sizeof(e));
        cur += sizeof(e);
        /* Zero parameters to satisfy set_pub_key ABI. */
-       memset(cur, 0, SETKEY_PARAMS_SIZE);
+       memzero_explicit(cur, SETKEY_PARAMS_SIZE);
 
        return cur - buf;
 }