[PATCH 0/4] CRASH_ZEROIZE: Wipe secrets before kdump
Dave Young
ruirui.yang at linux.dev
Mon Aug 3 05:00:32 PDT 2026
On 8/3/26 5:59 PM, David Howells wrote:
> 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?
It depends, for the crash case I'm not against to clear sensitive data, the
concern is to avoid extra complexity of logic pre-kdump. Which
government? Sorry I can not answer here.
>
> David
>
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