[PATCH 1/3] conf: clean up memory containing secrets before freeing

From: jiangjiacheng <jiangjiacheng(a)huawei.com&gt; The password may not be valid in the error branch, but for higher security, it's better to clean up the memory before freeing it. Signed-off-by: jiangjiacheng <jiangjiacheng(a)huawei.com&gt; --- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index 970cc85ded..d456fd0067 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ #include "virdomainsnapshotobjlist.h" #include "virdomaincheckpointobjlist.h" #include "virutil.h" +#include "virsecureerase.h" #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_DOMAIN @@ -10888,6 +10889,7 @@ virDomainGraphicsAuthDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node, virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("cannot parse password validity time '%s', expect YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS"), validTo); + virSecureEraseString(def->passwd); VIR_FREE(def->passwd); return -1; } -- 2.33.0