crypto: drbg - use kmalloc instead of kzalloc for V and C
authorStephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:39:31 +0000 (17:39 +0200)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:34:11 +0000 (20:34 +0800)
When allocating V, C, the zeroization is only needed when
allocating a new instance of the DRBG, i.e. when performing an
initial seeding. For all other allocations, the memcpy implemented in
drbg_copy_drbg ensures that the memory is filled with the correct
information.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
crypto/drbg.c

index 86cffc600acdb4fc15bd92ea1a3f4836dd5043b5..ebe0afc4e94bf806b98b321ff1c99ab1dae4c37c 100644 (file)
@@ -1142,6 +1142,11 @@ static int drbg_seed(struct drbg_state *drbg, struct drbg_string *pers,
                pr_devel("DRBG: using personalization string\n");
        }
 
+       if (!reseed) {
+               memset(drbg->V, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg));
+               memset(drbg->C, 0, drbg_statelen(drbg));
+       }
+
        ret = drbg->d_ops->update(drbg, &seedlist, reseed);
        if (ret)
                goto out;
@@ -1186,14 +1191,14 @@ static inline int drbg_alloc_state(struct drbg_state *drbg)
        if (!drbg)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       drbg->V = kzalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL);
+       drbg->V = kmalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!drbg->V)
                goto err;
-       drbg->C = kzalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL);
+       drbg->C = kmalloc(drbg_statelen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!drbg->C)
                goto err;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS
-       drbg->prev = kzalloc(drbg_blocklen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL);
+       drbg->prev = kmalloc(drbg_blocklen(drbg), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!drbg->prev)
                goto err;
        drbg->fips_primed = false;