From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>,
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>,
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>,
Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
dm-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] dm-crypt: Use memzero_explicit() to wipe key material
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:05:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260815110532.5343-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
The code still wipes key material with memset(). Use memzero_explicit()
to prevent the compiler from optimizing these wipes away.
Also use size_t for the string length passed to memzero_explicit() and
drop the redundant sizeof(u8) multiplications.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 608b617fb817..5194294871db 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static void crypt_iv_lmk_wipe(struct crypt_config *cc)
struct iv_lmk_private *lmk = &cc->iv_gen_private.lmk;
if (lmk->seed)
- memset(lmk->seed, 0, LMK_SEED_SIZE);
+ memzero_explicit(lmk->seed, LMK_SEED_SIZE);
}
static void crypt_iv_lmk_one(struct crypt_config *cc, u8 *iv,
@@ -630,8 +630,8 @@ static void crypt_iv_tcw_wipe(struct crypt_config *cc)
{
struct iv_tcw_private *tcw = &cc->iv_gen_private.tcw;
- memset(tcw->iv_seed, 0, cc->iv_size);
- memset(tcw->whitening, 0, TCW_WHITENING_SIZE);
+ memzero_explicit(tcw->iv_seed, cc->iv_size);
+ memzero_explicit(tcw->whitening, TCW_WHITENING_SIZE);
}
static void crypt_iv_tcw_whitening(struct crypt_config *cc,
@@ -2596,7 +2596,7 @@ static int get_key_size(char **key_string)
static int crypt_set_key(struct crypt_config *cc, char *key)
{
int r = -EINVAL;
- int key_string_len = strlen(key);
+ size_t key_string_len = strlen(key);
/* Hyphen (which gives a key_size of zero) means there is no key. */
if (!cc->key_size && strcmp(key, "-"))
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@ static int crypt_set_key(struct crypt_config *cc, char *key)
out:
/* Hex key string not needed after here, so wipe it. */
- memset(key, '0', key_string_len);
+ memzero_explicit(key, key_string_len);
return r;
}
@@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@ static int crypt_wipe_key(struct crypt_config *cc)
kfree_sensitive(cc->key_string);
cc->key_string = NULL;
r = crypt_setkey(cc);
- memset(&cc->key, 0, cc->key_size * sizeof(u8));
+ memzero_explicit(cc->key, cc->key_size);
return r;
}
@@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr_cipher(struct dm_target *ti, char *cipher_in, char *key)
/* wipe the kernel key payload copy */
if (cc->key_string)
- memset(cc->key, 0, cc->key_size * sizeof(u8));
+ memzero_explicit(cc->key, cc->key_size);
return ret;
}
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ static int crypt_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
/* The key size may not be changed. */
key_size = get_key_size(&argv[2]);
if (key_size < 0 || cc->key_size != key_size) {
- memset(argv[2], '0', strlen(argv[2]));
+ memzero_explicit(argv[2], strlen(argv[2]));
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -3655,7 +3655,7 @@ static int crypt_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
ret = cc->iv_gen_ops->init(cc);
/* wipe the kernel key payload copy */
if (cc->key_string)
- memset(cc->key, 0, cc->key_size * sizeof(u8));
+ memzero_explicit(cc->key, cc->key_size);
return ret;
}
if (argc == 2 && !strcasecmp(argv[1], "wipe"))
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