[PATCH 01/11] virCryptoEncryptDataAESgnutls: Don't secure erase gnutls_datum_t structs
Peter Krempa
pkrempa at redhat.com
Fri Dec 9 16:28:53 UTC 2022
'gnutls_datum_t' simply holds pointers to the encryption key and it's
length. There's absolutely no point in securely erasing that.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
---
src/util/vircrypto.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/util/vircrypto.c b/src/util/vircrypto.c
index 828e822d8e..1bddb333dc 100644
--- a/src/util/vircrypto.c
+++ b/src/util/vircrypto.c
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ virCryptoEncryptDataAESgnutls(gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t gnutls_enc_alg,
/* Encrypt the data and free the memory for cipher operations */
rc = gnutls_cipher_encrypt(handle, ciphertext, ciphertextlen);
gnutls_cipher_deinit(handle);
- virSecureErase(&enc_key, sizeof(gnutls_datum_t));
- virSecureErase(&iv_buf, sizeof(gnutls_datum_t));
if (rc < 0) {
virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
_("failed to encrypt the data: '%s'"),
@@ -180,8 +178,6 @@ virCryptoEncryptDataAESgnutls(gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t gnutls_enc_alg,
error:
virSecureErase(ciphertext, ciphertextlen);
g_free(ciphertext);
- virSecureErase(&enc_key, sizeof(gnutls_datum_t));
- virSecureErase(&iv_buf, sizeof(gnutls_datum_t));
return -1;
}
--
2.38.1
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