Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Jan 2015 00:05:28 +0100 | From | Giel van Schijndel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Use memzero_explicit to clear local buffers |
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 19:05:40 +0100, Giel van Schijndel wrote: > When leaving a function use memzero_explicit instead of memset(0) to > clear locally allocated/owned buffers. memset(0) may be optimized away. > > All of the affected buffers contain sensitive data, key material or > derivatives of one of those two. > ---
Forgot to: Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu>
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