kexec_file: use crypto_free_shash to free memory
Pan Bian
bianpan2016 at 163.com
Tue Aug 8 05:30:40 PDT 2017
In function kexec_calculate_store_digests(), kfree() is used to free
memory allocated by crypto_alloc_shash(). It is better to use function
crypto_free_shash(), which also zeroizes the memory to be freed.
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016 at 163.com>
---
kernel/kexec_file.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 9f48f44..94eeb38 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image)
out_free_desc:
kfree(desc);
out_free_tfm:
- kfree(tfm);
+ crypto_free_shash(tfm);
out:
return ret;
}
--
1.9.1
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