From 18e4e0209eacf5df783fbcff8dfed393089c4b4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Borkmann Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 00:55:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] net: sctp: sctp_auth_key_put: use kzfree instead of kfree For sensitive data like keying material, it is common practice to zero out keys before returning the memory back to the allocator. Thus, use kzfree instead of kfree. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Acked-by: Neil Horman Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/sctp/auth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/auth.c b/net/sctp/auth.c index 159b9bc5d6330..d8420ae614dca 100644 --- a/net/sctp/auth.c +++ b/net/sctp/auth.c @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void sctp_auth_key_put(struct sctp_auth_bytes *key) return; if (atomic_dec_and_test(&key->refcnt)) { - kfree(key); + kzfree(key); SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_DEC(keys); } } -- 2.39.5