Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: use kfree_sensitive() for key material in rtw_set_key()

Dan Carpenter <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:08:35 +0300

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On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 05:13:15PM -0600, Ivy Lopez wrote:
> psetkeyparm holds WEP/TKIP/AES key material copied in via memcpy
> from psecuritypriv before being freed. Use kfree_sensitive() instead
> of kfree() so the key bytes are zeroed before the memory is released,
> consistent with how psetstakey_para is already handled elsewhere in
> this driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivy Lopez <[email protected]>
> ---

This should have a Fixes tag.

regards,
dan carpenter