[PATCH 4/4] security/keys: zeroize key payloads before kdump

Jan Sebastian Götte contact at jaseg.de
Tue Aug 11 07:58:41 PDT 2026


On 8/10/26 17:31, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 11:50:11PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
>> I've no particular objection to this, though I'd prefer the name 'wipe' to
>> 'zeroize'.
> 
> LOL, I responded exactly same before reading your response :-)
> 
> So yeah, +1 to this.

Thank y'all on the naming feedback. I agree that's clearer and I'll post 
a v2 of this soon, and I'll rename it to CONFIG_CRASH_WIPE_SECRETS. I've 
had my head stuck too deep in government standards where they call this 
"zeroization" :)




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