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OpenSSL: Use EC_POINT_clear_free instead of EC_POINT_free

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This changes OpenSSL calls to explicitly clear the EC_POINT memory
allocations when freeing them. This adds an extra layer of security by
avoiding leaving potentially private keys into local memory after they
are not needed anymore. While some of these variables are not really
private (e.g., they are sent in clear anyway), the extra cost of
clearing them is not significant and it is simpler to just clear these
explicitly rather than review each possible code path to confirm where
this does not help.

Signed-off-by: Florent Daigniere <nextgens@freenetproject.org>
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Florent Daigniere 2014-06-27 11:59:45 +02:00 • committed by Jouni Malinen
parent 3248071dc3
commit 26c10f797c
4 changed files with 13 additions and 13 deletions
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src/crypto/crypto_openssl.c
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@ -1157,13 +1157,13 @@ struct crypto_ec_point * crypto_ec_point_from_bin(struct crypto_ec *e,
if (x == NULL || y == NULL || elem == NULL) {
BN_clear_free(x);
BN_clear_free(y);
EC_POINT_free(elem);
EC_POINT_clear_free(elem);
return NULL;
}
if (!EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp(e->group, elem, x, y,
e->bnctx)) {
EC_POINT_free(elem);
EC_POINT_clear_free(elem);
elem = NULL;
}