From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: "Jan Sebastian Götte" <linux@jaseg.de>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>,
Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto/krb5: use kfree_sensitive() for derived key buffers
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:26:04 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <an_ALPtrIGVPoGhh@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803192621.329577-1-linux@jaseg.de>
On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 09:26:21PM +0200, Jan Sebastian Götte wrote:
> crypto_krb5_prepare_encryption() and crypto_krb5_prepare_checksum()
> free the buffer holding the freshly derived keys with plain kfree(),
> leaving the key material behind in the freed slab object.
>
> Fixes: 3936f02bf2d3 ("crypto/krb5: Implement Kerberos crypto core")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jan Sebastian Götte <linux@jaseg.de>
> ---
> crypto/krb5/krb5_api.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Patch applied. Thanks.
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2026-08-03 19:26 [PATCH] crypto/krb5: use kfree_sensitive() for derived key buffers Jan Sebastian Götte
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