net: sctp: sctp_auth_key_put: use kzfree instead of kfree
[ Upstream commit 586c31f3bf04c290dc0a0de7fc91d20aa9a5ee53 ]
For sensitive data like keying material, it is common practice to zero
out keys before returning the memory back to the allocator. Thus, use
kzfree instead of kfree.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/net/sctp/auth.c b/net/sctp/auth.c
index bf81204..333926d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/auth.c
+++ b/net/sctp/auth.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
return;
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&key->refcnt)) {
- kfree(key);
+ kzfree(key);
SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_DEC(keys);
}
}