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    crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key · 73e5984e
    Joachim Vandersmissen authored
    private_key is overwritten with the key parameter passed in by the
    caller (if present), or alternatively a newly generated private key.
    However, it is possible that the caller provides a key (or the newly
    generated key) which is shorter than the previous key. In that
    scenario, some key material from the previous key would not be
    overwritten. The easiest solution is to explicitly zeroize the entire
    private_key array first.
    
    Note that this patch slightly changes the behavior of this function:
    previously, if the ecc_gen_privkey failed, the old private_key would
    remain. Now, the private_key is always zeroized. This behavior is
    consistent with the case where params.key is set and ecc_is_key_valid
    fails.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJoachim Vandersmissen <git@jvdsn.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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