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| author | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 1999-09-13 10:56:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 1999-09-13 10:56:45 +0200 |
| commit | 52139a60cf68661e5023810dbc36a97101948258 (patch) | |
| tree | 20ded0626eb04b4cce01d207758eb7e073198d5c /util/secmem.c | |
| parent | See ChangeLog: Tue Sep 7 18:44:05 CEST 1999 Werner Koch (diff) | |
| download | gnupg2-52139a60cf68661e5023810dbc36a97101948258.tar.xz gnupg2-52139a60cf68661e5023810dbc36a97101948258.zip | |
See ChangeLog: Mon Sep 13 10:55:14 CEST 1999 Werner Koch
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/secmem.c b/util/secmem.c index 8796e6faf..3f253d6db 100644 --- a/util/secmem.c +++ b/util/secmem.c @@ -370,6 +370,16 @@ m_is_secure( const void *p ) return p >= pool && p < (void*)((char*)pool+poolsize); } + + +/**************** + * Warning: This code might be called by an interrupt handler + * and frankly, thre should really be such a handler, + * to make sure that the memory is wiped out. + * We hope that the OS wipes out mlocked memory after + * receiving a SIGKILL - it really should do so, otherwise + * there is no chance to get the secure memory cleaned. + */ void secmem_term() { |