From 7b5164fb1279bf0251371848e40bae646b59b3a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 18:42:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] random: zero buffer after reading entropy from userspace This buffer may contain entropic data that shouldn't stick around longer than needed, so zero out the temporary buffer at the end of write_pool(). Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski Reviewed-by: Jann Horn Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld --- drivers/char/random.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 896ec54f8f5cc..8ae7d0b30280c 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1336,19 +1336,24 @@ static __poll_t random_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait) static int write_pool(const char __user *ubuf, size_t count) { size_t len; + int ret = 0; u8 block[BLAKE2S_BLOCK_SIZE]; while (count) { len = min(count, sizeof(block)); - if (copy_from_user(block, ubuf, len)) - return -EFAULT; + if (copy_from_user(block, ubuf, len)) { + ret = -EFAULT; + goto out; + } count -= len; ubuf += len; mix_pool_bytes(block, len); cond_resched(); } - return 0; +out: + memzero_explicit(block, sizeof(block)); + return ret; } static ssize_t random_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, -- 2.30.2