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EAP-pwd: Clear identity string and temporary buffer explicitly

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Use an explicit memset call to clear any configuration parameter and
dynamic data that contains private information like keys or identity.
This brings in an additional layer of protection by reducing the length
of time this type of private data is kept in memory.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
This commit is contained in:
Jouni Malinen 2014-07-24 19:55:15 +03:00
parent f119d66942
commit 1f1fe195cd
2 changed files with 10 additions and 10 deletions
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src/eap_peer/eap_pwd.c
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@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void * eap_pwd_init(struct eap_sm *sm)
if ((data->password = os_malloc(password_len)) == NULL) {
wpa_printf(MSG_INFO, "EAP-PWD: memory allocation psk fail");
BN_CTX_free(data->bnctx);
os_free(data->id_peer);
bin_clear_free(data->id_peer, data->id_peer_len);
os_free(data);
return NULL;
}
@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ static void eap_pwd_deinit(struct eap_sm *sm, void *priv)
BN_CTX_free(data->bnctx);
EC_POINT_clear_free(data->my_element);
EC_POINT_clear_free(data->server_element);
os_free(data->id_peer);
os_free(data->id_server);
bin_clear_free(data->id_peer, data->id_peer_len);
bin_clear_free(data->id_server, data->id_server_len);
bin_clear_free(data->password, data->password_len);
if (data->grp) {
EC_GROUP_free(data->grp->group);
@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange(struct eap_sm *sm, struct eap_pwd_data *data,
wpabuf_put_data(data->outbuf, conf, SHA256_MAC_LEN);
fin:
os_free(cruft);
bin_clear_free(cruft, BN_num_bytes(data->grp->prime));
BN_clear_free(x);
BN_clear_free(y);
if (data->outbuf == NULL) {