[strongSwan-dev] Shared secret sensitive move
Tobias Brunner
tobias at strongswan.org
Mon Sep 20 16:21:33 CEST 2021
Hi Jean-Francois,
> In src/libcharon/sa/ikev2/keymat_v2.c (line 390) when rekeying, the
> shared secret is concatenated with the full nonce using a call to
> chunk_cat(). The secret chunk is moved using the mode "m" which does not
> clear the chunk afterward.
> I think it would be a good idea to change it to "s" since the shared
> secret chunk is usually cleared.
Good catch! Fixed in master.
Thanks,
Tobias
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