[PATCH] crypto: obscure state information on free

From: Neil Horman
Date: Mon Aug 11 2008 - 16:26:36 EST


Patch to obscure state information on free in prng code. Keeps prying eyes from
sifting through your trash :)

Regards
Neil

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


prng.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)


diff --git a/crypto/prng.c b/crypto/prng.c
index b203093..fc6fa28 100644
--- a/crypto/prng.c
+++ b/crypto/prng.c
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_prng_context);
void free_prng_context(struct prng_context *ctx)
{
crypto_free_cipher(ctx->tfm);
+ memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(struct prng_context));
kfree(ctx);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(free_prng_context);
--
/****************************************************
* Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Software Engineer, Red Hat
****************************************************/
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