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Really remove RNG seeds from the stack
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nmathewson committed Aug 19, 2013
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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions arc4random.c
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Expand Up @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ arc4_seed_win32(void)
if (!CryptGenRandom(provider, sizeof(buf), buf))
return -1;
arc4_addrandom(buf, sizeof(buf));
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
evutil_memclear_(buf, sizeof(buf));
arc4_seeded_ok = 1;
return 0;
}
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return -1;

arc4_addrandom(buf, sizeof(buf));
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
evutil_memclear_(buf, sizeof(buf));
arc4_seeded_ok = 1;
return 0;
}
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return -1;

arc4_addrandom(buf, sizeof(buf));
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
evutil_memclear_(buf, sizeof(buf));
arc4_seeded_ok = 1;
return 0;
}
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arc4_addrandom(entropy, nybbles/2);
bytes += nybbles/2;
}
memset(entropy, 0, sizeof(entropy));
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
evutil_memclear_(entropy, sizeof(entropy));
evutil_memclear_(buf, sizeof(buf));
arc4_seeded_ok = 1;
return 0;
}
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if (n != sizeof(buf))
return -1;
arc4_addrandom(buf, sizeof(buf));
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
evutil_memclear_(buf, sizeof(buf));
arc4_seeded_ok = 1;
return 0;
}
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions evutil.c
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Expand Up @@ -2109,6 +2109,18 @@ _evutil_weakrand(void)
#endif
}

/**
* Volatile pointer to memset: we use this to keep the compiler from
* eliminating our call to memset.
*/
void * (*volatile evutil_memset_volatile_)(void *, int, size_t) = memset;

void
evutil_memclear_(void *mem, size_t len)
{
evutil_memset_volatile_(mem, 0, len);
}

int
evutil_sockaddr_is_loopback(const struct sockaddr *addr)
{
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions util-internal.h
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Expand Up @@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ HANDLE evutil_load_windows_system_library(const TCHAR *library_name);
#endif
#endif

void evutil_memclear_(void *mem, size_t len);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
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