Re: [PATCH 0/3] crypto: replace memset by memzero_explicit

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Fri Apr 02 2021 - 03:06:50 EST


On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 09:20:45AM +0800, Kai Ye wrote:
> use memzero_explicit instead of memset to clear sensitive data,
> such as buffer or key.

Does this fix a real issue? If not then it's just unnecessary
churn.

Thanks,
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