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| author | Zilin Guan <[email protected]> | 2025-05-23 11:01:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <[email protected]> | 2025-06-11 09:36:56 +0000 |
| commit | f87586598fffac31afc1141471b789251b030a76 (patch) | |
| tree | 56469c522fad33f3b3764688ab7f493f50203b1a /drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c | |
| parent | Merge tag 'ath-current-20250608' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel... (diff) | |
| download | kernel-f87586598fffac31afc1141471b789251b030a76.tar.gz kernel-f87586598fffac31afc1141471b789251b030a76.zip | |
wifi: cfg80211: use kfree_sensitive() for connkeys cleanup
The nl80211_parse_connkeys() function currently uses kfree() to release
the 'result' structure in error handling paths. However, if an error
occurs due to result->def being less than 0, the 'result' structure may
contain sensitive information.
To prevent potential leakage of sensitive data, replace kfree() with
kfree_sensitive() when freeing 'result'. This change aligns with the
approach used in its caller, nl80211_join_ibss(), enhancing the overall
security of the wireless subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
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