From 82a4b8186d2073896df012a379daed17b1978c2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ron Eldor Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 17:17:31 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] update after Andres comments Update after Andres coments: 1. zeroize the buffer in `mbedtls_pem_read_buffer()` before freeing it 2. use `mbedtls_zeroize()` instead of `memset()` --- library/pem.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/library/pem.c b/library/pem.c index 4c2337393..f7051ecd2 100644 --- a/library/pem.c +++ b/library/pem.c @@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ int mbedtls_pem_read_buffer( mbedtls_pem_context *ctx, const char *header, const if( ( ret = mbedtls_base64_decode( buf, len, &len, s1, s2 - s1 ) ) != 0 ) { + mbedtls_zeroize( buf, len ); mbedtls_free( buf ); + buf = NULL; return( MBEDTLS_ERR_PEM_INVALID_DATA + ret ); } @@ -341,7 +343,9 @@ int mbedtls_pem_read_buffer( mbedtls_pem_context *ctx, const char *header, const ( defined(MBEDTLS_DES_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_AES_C) ) if( pwd == NULL ) { + mbedtls_zeroize( buf, len ); mbedtls_free( buf ); + buf = NULL; return( MBEDTLS_ERR_PEM_PASSWORD_REQUIRED ); } @@ -369,7 +373,9 @@ int mbedtls_pem_read_buffer( mbedtls_pem_context *ctx, const char *header, const */ if( len <= 2 || buf[0] != 0x30 || buf[1] > 0x83 ) { + mbedtls_zeroize( buf, len ); mbedtls_free( buf ); + buf = NULL; return( MBEDTLS_ERR_PEM_PASSWORD_MISMATCH ); } #else @@ -387,7 +393,8 @@ int mbedtls_pem_read_buffer( mbedtls_pem_context *ctx, const char *header, const void mbedtls_pem_free( mbedtls_pem_context *ctx ) { - memset( ctx->buf, 0, ctx->buflen ); + if( ctx->buf ) + mbedtls_zeroize( ctx->buf, ctx->buflen ); mbedtls_free( ctx->buf ); mbedtls_free( ctx->info );