From a7afade1701a809f6a33b53525d59dd29b38d381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hiltjo Posthuma Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 13:43:00 +0200 Subject: clear passwords with explicit_bzero Make sure to explicitly clear memory that is used for password input. memset is often optimized out by the compiler. Brought to attention by the OpenBSD community, see: https://marc.info/?t=146989502600003&r=1&w=2 Thread subject: x11/slock: clear passwords with explicit_bzero Changes: - explicit_bzero.c import from libressl-portable. - Makefile: add COMPATSRC for compatibility src. - config.mk: add separate *BSD section in config.mk to simply uncomment it on these platforms. --- explicit_bzero.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 explicit_bzero.c (limited to 'explicit_bzero.c') diff --git a/explicit_bzero.c b/explicit_bzero.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e33ca8 --- /dev/null +++ b/explicit_bzero.c @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +/* $OpenBSD: explicit_bzero.c,v 1.3 2014/06/21 02:34:26 matthew Exp $ */ +/* + * Public domain. + * Written by Matthew Dempsky. + */ + +#include + +__attribute__((weak)) void +__explicit_bzero_hook(void *buf, size_t len) +{ +} + +void +explicit_bzero(void *buf, size_t len) +{ + memset(buf, 0, len); + __explicit_bzero_hook(buf, len); +} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2