Re: [PATCH] ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc

From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 09:14:53 EST


On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory
> allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data
> is zeroed before being freed.
>
> Fixes: e2f34481b24d ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
Applied it to #ksmbd-for-next-next.
Thanks!