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From: Ivy Lopez <skunkolee@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Ivy Lopez <skunkolee@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: use kfree_sensitive() for key material in rtw_set_key()
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:13:15 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730231315.79688-1-skunkolee@gmail.com> (raw)

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 <skunkolee@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 1196ec011455..fb45f7295386 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -1926,14 +1926,14 @@ signed int rtw_set_key(struct adapter *adapter, struct security_priv *psecurityp
 		break;
 	default:
 		res = _FAIL;
-		kfree(psetkeyparm);
+		kfree_sensitive(psetkeyparm);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
 	if (enqueue) {
 		pcmd = kzalloc_obj(*pcmd);
 		if (!pcmd) {
-			kfree(psetkeyparm);
+			kfree_sensitive(psetkeyparm);
 			res = _FAIL;  /* try again */
 			goto exit;
 		}
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ signed int rtw_set_key(struct adapter *adapter, struct security_priv *psecurityp
 		res = rtw_enqueue_cmd(pcmdpriv, pcmd);
 	} else {
 		setkey_hdl(adapter, (u8 *)psetkeyparm);
-		kfree(psetkeyparm);
+		kfree_sensitive(psetkeyparm);
 	}
 exit:
 	return res;
-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-30 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-30 23:13 Ivy Lopez [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-07-30 23:17 [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: use guard(mutex) in ips_enter() Ivy Lopez
2026-07-30 23:17 ` [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: use kfree_sensitive() for key material in rtw_set_key() Ivy Lopez
2026-07-30 23:20   ` Ivy Lopez

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