[libvirt PATCH v6 19/36] util: secure erase virCommand send buffers

All users of virCommandSetSendBuffer() are using it to send sensitive data to a child process. So, since these buffers contain sensitive information, clear it with virSecureErase(). Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma(a)redhat.com&gt; Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/util/vircommand.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/util/vircommand.c b/src/util/vircommand.c index 49abb53c28..154d194212 100644 --- a/src/util/vircommand.c +++ b/src/util/vircommand.c @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ #include "virpidfile.h" #include "virprocess.h" #include "virbuffer.h" +#include "virsecureerase.h" #include "virthread.h" #include "virstring.h" @@ -1663,6 +1664,7 @@ virCommandFreeSendBuffers(virCommand *cmd) for (i = 0; i < virCommandGetNumSendBuffers(cmd); i++) { VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(cmd->sendBuffers[i].fd); + virSecureErase(cmd->sendBuffers[i].buffer, cmd->sendBuffers[i].buflen); VIR_FREE(cmd->sendBuffers[i].buffer); } VIR_FREE(cmd->sendBuffers); -- 2.41.0