password might contain private information, so better use kfree_sensitive to free it. In plpks_gen_password() use kfree_sensitive().
Signed-off-by: Minjie Du <dumin...@vivo.com> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c index b0658ea3e..3441e616e 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int plpks_gen_password(void) ospasswordlength = maxpwsize; ospassword = kzalloc(maxpwsize, GFP_KERNEL); if (!ospassword) { - kfree(password); + kfree_sensitive(password); return -ENOMEM; } memcpy(ospassword, password, ospasswordlength); @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int plpks_gen_password(void) } } out: - kfree(password); + kfree_sensitive(password); return pseries_status_to_err(rc); } -- 2.39.0