This is useful for wiping passwords, as it prevents the compiler from
optimizing out a memset to zero before a free()
---
src/util/util.c | 9 +++++++++
src/util/util.h | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index b812ef1b118803129caae25247efcbc1194b22f5..061291c04bb581082aa98d79b6b1ec1a1d1090ac
100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -634,3 +634,12 @@ remove_ipv6_brackets(char *ipv6addr)
return EOK;
}
+
+void safezero(void *data, size_t size)
+{
+ volatile uint8_t *p = data;
+
+ while (size--) {
+ *p++ = 0;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util.h b/src/util/util.h
index d9315aefe0b88965a492f1bc56a6c940ebec5ad5..93791135322a9aeb4ce473c5e255a6e538c57d90
100644
--- a/src/util/util.h
+++ b/src/util/util.h
@@ -535,6 +535,16 @@ sss_escape_ip_address(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, int family, const char
*addr);
errno_t
remove_ipv6_brackets(char *ipv6addr);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Safely zero a segment of memory,
+ * prevents the compiler from optimizing out
+ *
+ * @param data The address of buffer to wipe
+ * @param s Size of the buffer
+ */
+void safezero(void *data, size_t size);
+
/* from sss_tc_utf8.c */
char *
sss_tc_utf8_str_tolower(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *s);
--
1.7.1