From 4b94f10b9357d5b31b1a5a6426def5d8ed18f4b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Cooreman Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:53:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog entry for zeroizing key buffers before freeing Signed-off-by: Steven Cooreman --- ChangeLog.d/zeroize_key_buffers_before_free.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ChangeLog.d/zeroize_key_buffers_before_free.txt diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/zeroize_key_buffers_before_free.txt b/ChangeLog.d/zeroize_key_buffers_before_free.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ba5bae191 --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog.d/zeroize_key_buffers_before_free.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Security + * Zeroize dynamically-allocated buffers used by the PSA Crypto key storage + module before freeing them. These buffers contain secret key material, and + could thus potentially leak the key through freed heap.