don't use memset() in privacy/security relevant code parts

As memset() can be optimized out by a compiler it should not be used in
privacy/security relevant code parts. OpenSSL provides the safe
OPENSSL_cleanse() function in crypto.h, which perfectly does the job of
clean and overwrite data.

For details see: http://www.viva64.com/en/b/0178/

- change memset() to OPENSSL_cleanse() where appropriate
- change a hard-coded number from netbase.cpp into a sizeof()
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Philip Kaufmann
2012-11-08 19:38:49 +01:00
parent 16d9d61f99
commit 0f8a647782
6 changed files with 13 additions and 10 deletions

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@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ bool CCrypter::SetKeyFromPassphrase(const SecureString& strKeyData, const std::v
if (i != (int)WALLET_CRYPTO_KEY_SIZE)
{
memset(&chKey, 0, sizeof chKey);
memset(&chIV, 0, sizeof chIV);
OPENSSL_cleanse(chKey, sizeof(chKey));
OPENSSL_cleanse(chIV, sizeof(chIV));
return false;
}