[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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