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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-10-24 12:33:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-10-24 12:33:32 -0700 |
| commit | 14d4cc08832efb724e58944ba2ac22e2ca3143dc (patch) | |
| tree | febca1365a5306d5a44b2481ec41f13f4c2defc2 /lib/string.c | |
| parent | 1c45d9a920e6ef4fce38921e4fc776c2abca3197 (diff) | |
| parent | 7185ad2672a7d50bc384de0e38d90b75d99f3d82 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random
Pull /dev/random updates from Ted Ts'o:
"This adds a memzero_explicit() call which is guaranteed not to be
optimized away by GCC. This is important when we are wiping
cryptographically sensitive material"
* tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
crypto: memzero_explicit - make sure to clear out sensitive data
random: add and use memzero_explicit() for clearing data
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/string.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/string.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c index 2fc20aa06f84..10063300b830 100644 --- a/lib/string.c +++ b/lib/string.c @@ -598,6 +598,22 @@ void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t count) EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset); #endif +/** + * memzero_explicit - Fill a region of memory (e.g. sensitive + * keying data) with 0s. + * @s: Pointer to the start of the area. + * @count: The size of the area. + * + * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as + * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly. + */ +void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count) +{ + memset(s, 0, count); + OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(s); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(memzero_explicit); + #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY /** * memcpy - Copy one area of memory to another |