Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] crash_dump: Free temporary dm-crypt keys_header buffer in kdump kernel

From: Sourabh Jain

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 07:25:34 EST




On 29/07/26 09:06, Coiby Xu wrote:
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 a3996208738b..9a64e2d6841b 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;

Yeah, it's good to release the memory regardless.

Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>