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hwrng: core - zeroize buffers with random data

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The HWRNG core allocates two buffers during initialization which are
used to obtain random data. After that data is processed, it is now
zeroized as it is possible that the HWRNG core will not be asked to
produce more random data for a long time. This prevents leaving such
sensitive data in memory.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Stephan Mueller 2016-10-22 15:57:05 +02:00 committed by Herbert Xu
parent d7db7a882d
commit 2cc7515458
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drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
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@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static void add_early_randomness(struct hwrng *rng)
mutex_unlock(&reading_mutex);
if (bytes_read > 0)
add_device_randomness(rng_buffer, bytes_read);
memset(rng_buffer, 0, size);
}
static inline void cleanup_rng(struct kref *kref)
@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ static ssize_t rng_dev_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
}
}
out:
memset(rng_buffer, 0, rng_buffer_size());
return ret ? : err;
out_unlock_reading:
@ -425,6 +427,7 @@ static int hwrng_fillfn(void *unused)
/* Outside lock, sure, but y'know: randomness. */
add_hwgenerator_randomness((void *)rng_fillbuf, rc,
rc * current_quality * 8 >> 10);
memset(rng_fillbuf, 0, rng_buffer_size());
}
hwrng_fill = NULL;
return 0;