[PATCH v2 5/9] crash_dump: Free temporary dm-crypt keys_header buffer in kdump kernel

From: Coiby Xu

Date: Fri May 01 2026 - 19:45:21 EST


Although we expect the system to reboot immediately after vmcore dumping
is finished, it's still good to free the temporary keys_header buffer.

Fixes: 62f17d9df692 ("crash_dump: retrieve dm crypt keys in kdump kernel")
Reported-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
index a3e460714d23..72ae2dffb077 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static int get_keys_from_kdump_reserved_memory(void)

static int restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring(void)
{
+ struct keys_header *keys_header __free(kfree_sensitive) = NULL;
struct dm_crypt_key *key;
size_t keys_header_size;
key_ref_t keyring_ref;
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2.54.0