[PATCH 0/4] CRASH_ZEROIZE: Wipe secrets before kdump

David Howells dhowells at redhat.com
Mon Aug 3 02:59:59 PDT 2026


Dave Young <ruirui.yang at linux.dev> wrote:

> Cleaning up secret data can be done with makedumpfile + eppic scripts (see
> the manual of makedumpfile), or it is even possible to do so in kdump kernel
> with Tao Liu's improvments for makedumpfile previously (I don't know the
> status, probably dropped for the time being, but it is possible, cced him).

Does this represent a leak of the secrets?  Also do governmental
standardisation bodies have opinions on what constitutes a leak?

David




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