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-rw-r--r--common/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--common/membuf.c5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/common/ChangeLog b/common/ChangeLog
index 336b3928a..eeba09341 100644
--- a/common/ChangeLog
+++ b/common/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-20 Werner Koch <[email protected]>
+
+ * membuf.c (put_membuf): Wipe out buffer after a failed realloc.
+
2004-12-19 Werner Koch <[email protected]>
* maperror.c (map_assuan_err_with_source): Oops, args were swapped.
diff --git a/common/membuf.c b/common/membuf.c
index 69e4ab908..75f6bdb2a 100644
--- a/common/membuf.c
+++ b/common/membuf.c
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ put_membuf (membuf_t *mb, const void *buf, size_t len)
if (!p)
{
mb->out_of_core = errno;
+ /* Wipe out what we already accumulated. This is required
+ in case we are storing sensitive data here. The membuf
+ API does not provide another way to cleanup after an
+ error. */
+ memset (mb->buf, 0, mb->len);
return;
}
mb->buf = p;