[PATCH] nvme-fabrics: use kfree_sensitive() for DHCHAP secrets
Daniel Hodges
hodgesd at meta.com
Sat Jan 31 19:08:40 PST 2026
The DHCHAP secrets (dhchap_secret and dhchap_ctrl_secret) contain
authentication key material for NVMe-oF. Use kfree_sensitive() instead
of kfree() in nvmf_free_options() to ensure secrets are zeroed before
the memory is freed, preventing recovery from freed pages.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges <hodgesd at meta.com>
---
drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 55a8afd2efd5..d37cb140d832 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -1283,22 +1283,22 @@ void nvmf_free_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts)
{
nvmf_host_put(opts->host);
key_put(opts->keyring);
key_put(opts->tls_key);
kfree(opts->transport);
kfree(opts->traddr);
kfree(opts->trsvcid);
kfree(opts->subsysnqn);
kfree(opts->host_traddr);
kfree(opts->host_iface);
- kfree(opts->dhchap_secret);
- kfree(opts->dhchap_ctrl_secret);
+ kfree_sensitive(opts->dhchap_secret);
+ kfree_sensitive(opts->dhchap_ctrl_secret);
kfree(opts);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmf_free_options);
#define NVMF_REQUIRED_OPTS (NVMF_OPT_TRANSPORT | NVMF_OPT_NQN)
#define NVMF_ALLOWED_OPTS (NVMF_OPT_QUEUE_SIZE | NVMF_OPT_NR_IO_QUEUES | \
NVMF_OPT_KATO | NVMF_OPT_HOSTNQN | \
NVMF_OPT_HOST_ID | NVMF_OPT_DUP_CONNECT |\
NVMF_OPT_DISABLE_SQFLOW | NVMF_OPT_DISCOVERY |\
NVMF_OPT_FAIL_FAST_TMO | NVMF_OPT_DHCHAP_SECRET |\
--
2.47.3
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