crypto: drbg - use memzero_explicit() for clearing sensitive data

Compiler dead store optimization can sometimes remove final calls
to memset() used to clear sensitive data at the end of a function.
Replace trailing memset() calls with memzero_explicit() to
preclude unwanted removal.

Signed-off-by: Nickolaus Woodruff <nickolauswoodruff@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/drbg.c b/crypto/drbg.c
index c90e3cf5967f..d748a1d0ca24 100644
--- a/crypto/drbg.c
+++ b/crypto/drbg.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <crypto/drbg.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 /***************************************************************
  * Backend cipher definitions available to DRBG
@@ -497,9 +498,9 @@ static int drbg_ctr_df(struct drbg_state *drbg,
 	ret = 0;
 
 out:
-	memset(iv, 0, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
-	memset(temp, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg));
-	memset(pad, 0, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(iv, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(temp, drbg_statelen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(pad, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -573,9 +574,9 @@ static int drbg_ctr_update(struct drbg_state *drbg, struct list_head *seed,
 	ret = 0;
 
 out:
-	memset(temp, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg) + drbg_blocklen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(temp, drbg_statelen(drbg) + drbg_blocklen(drbg));
 	if (2 != reseed)
-		memset(df_data, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg));
+		memzero_explicit(df_data, drbg_statelen(drbg));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -633,7 +634,7 @@ static int drbg_ctr_generate(struct drbg_state *drbg,
 		len = ret;
 
 out:
-	memset(drbg->scratchpad, 0, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(drbg->scratchpad, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
 	return len;
 }
 
@@ -871,7 +872,7 @@ static int drbg_hash_df(struct drbg_state *drbg,
 	}
 
 out:
-	memset(tmp, 0, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(tmp, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -915,7 +916,7 @@ static int drbg_hash_update(struct drbg_state *drbg, struct list_head *seed,
 	ret = drbg_hash_df(drbg, drbg->C, drbg_statelen(drbg), &datalist2);
 
 out:
-	memset(drbg->scratchpad, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(drbg->scratchpad, drbg_statelen(drbg));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -950,7 +951,7 @@ static int drbg_hash_process_addtl(struct drbg_state *drbg,
 		     drbg->scratchpad, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
 
 out:
-	memset(drbg->scratchpad, 0, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(drbg->scratchpad, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -997,7 +998,7 @@ static int drbg_hash_hashgen(struct drbg_state *drbg,
 	}
 
 out:
-	memset(drbg->scratchpad, 0,
+	memzero_explicit(drbg->scratchpad,
 	       (drbg_statelen(drbg) + drbg_blocklen(drbg)));
 	return len;
 }
@@ -1046,7 +1047,7 @@ static int drbg_hash_generate(struct drbg_state *drbg,
 	drbg_add_buf(drbg->V, drbg_statelen(drbg), u.req, 8);
 
 out:
-	memset(drbg->scratchpad, 0, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
+	memzero_explicit(drbg->scratchpad, drbg_blocklen(drbg));
 	return len;
 }