The rx->skey field contains a struct tipc_aead_key with GCM-AES encryption keys used for TIPC cluster communication. Using plain kfree() leaves this sensitive key material in freed memory pages where it could potentially be recovered. Switch to kfree_sensitive() to ensure the key material is zeroed before the memory is freed. Fixes: 1ef6f7c9390f ("tipc: add automatic session key exchange") Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges --- net/tipc/crypto.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/tipc/crypto.c b/net/tipc/crypto.c index 751904f10aab..970db62bd029 100644 --- a/net/tipc/crypto.c +++ b/net/tipc/crypto.c @@ -1212,21 +1212,21 @@ void tipc_crypto_key_flush(struct tipc_crypto *c) { struct tipc_crypto *tx, *rx; int k; spin_lock_bh(&c->lock); if (is_rx(c)) { /* Try to cancel pending work */ rx = c; tx = tipc_net(rx->net)->crypto_tx; if (cancel_delayed_work(&rx->work)) { - kfree(rx->skey); + kfree_sensitive(rx->skey); rx->skey = NULL; atomic_xchg(&rx->key_distr, 0); tipc_node_put(rx->node); } /* RX stopping => decrease TX key users if any */ k = atomic_xchg(&rx->peer_rx_active, 0); if (k) { tipc_aead_users_dec(tx->aead[k], 0); /* Mark the point TX key users changed */ tx->timer1 = jiffies; @@ -2387,21 +2387,21 @@ static void tipc_crypto_work_rx(struct work_struct *work) pr_warn("%s: unable to attach received skey, err %d\n", rx->name, rc); switch (rc) { case -EBUSY: case -ENOMEM: /* Resched the key attaching */ resched = true; break; default: synchronize_rcu(); - kfree(rx->skey); + kfree_sensitive(rx->skey); rx->skey = NULL; break; } } if (resched && queue_delayed_work(tx->wq, &rx->work, delay)) return; tipc_node_put(rx->node); } -- 2.47.3