6.6-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn
[ Upstream commit c8ef20fe7274c5766a317f9193b70bed717b6b3d ]
The tipc_aead_free() function currently uses kfree() to release the aead structure. However, this structure contains sensitive information, such as key's SALT value, which should be securely erased from memory to prevent potential leakage.
To enhance security, replace kfree() with kfree_sensitive() when freeing the aead structure. This change ensures that sensitive data is explicitly cleared before memory deallocation, aligning with the approach used in tipc_aead_init() and adhering to best practices for handling confidential information.
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn Reviewed-by: Tung Nguyen tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250523114717.4021518-1-zilin@seu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- net/tipc/crypto.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/tipc/crypto.c b/net/tipc/crypto.c index 79f91b6ca8c84..ea5bb131ebd06 100644 --- a/net/tipc/crypto.c +++ b/net/tipc/crypto.c @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static void tipc_aead_free(struct rcu_head *rp) } free_percpu(aead->tfm_entry); kfree_sensitive(aead->key); - kfree(aead); + kfree_sensitive(aead); }
static int tipc_aead_users(struct tipc_aead __rcu *aead)