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net: sctp: sctp_auth_key_put: use kzfree instead of kfree

For sensitive data like keying material, it is common practice to zero
out keys before returning the memory back to the allocator. Thus, use
kzfree instead of kfree.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Daniel Borkmann 12 years ago
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      net/sctp/auth.c

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net/sctp/auth.c

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void sctp_auth_key_put(struct sctp_auth_bytes *key)
 		return;
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&key->refcnt)) {
-		kfree(key);
+		kzfree(key);
 		SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_DEC(keys);
 	}
 }