[PATCH 3/6] net/tcp-ao: clear the aes_cmac_key when done
Thomas Huth <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:36:06 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-crypto,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
From: Thomas Huth <[email protected]> Clear the local aes_cmac_key structure via __cleanup() function when we're done with it to avoid that sensitive data could leak on the stack. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <[email protected]> --- net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c index a56bb79e15e0e..12c724fed8a26 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void tcp_ao_calc_traffic_key(const struct tcp_ao_key *mkt, u8 *traffic_key, traffic_key); return; case TCP_AO_ALGO_AES_128_CMAC: { - struct aes_cmac_key k; + struct aes_cmac_key k __cleanup(aes_cmac_zeroize_key); aes_cmac_preparekey(&k, mkt->key, AES_KEYSIZE_128); aes_cmac(&k, input, input_len, traffic_key); -- 2.55.0