Zero memory in CRYPTO_secure_malloc.

This commit destroys the free list pointers which would otherwise be
present in the returned memory blocks.  This in turn helps prevent
information leakage from the secure memory area.

Note: CRYPTO_secure_malloc is not guaranteed to return zeroed memory:
before the secure memory system is initialised or if it isn't implemented.

Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7011)

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/mem_sec.c b/crypto/mem_sec.c
index 959c63714f..c4190bed33 100644
--- a/crypto/mem_sec.c
+++ b/crypto/mem_sec.c
@@ -137,11 +137,12 @@ void *CRYPTO_secure_malloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line)
 
 void *CRYPTO_secure_zalloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line)
 {
-    void *ret = CRYPTO_secure_malloc(num, file, line);
-
-    if (ret != NULL)
-        memset(ret, 0, num);
-    return ret;
+#ifdef IMPLEMENTED
+    if (secure_mem_initialized)
+        /* CRYPTO_secure_malloc() zeroes allocations when it is implemented */
+        return CRYPTO_secure_malloc(num, file, line);
+#endif
+    return CRYPTO_zalloc(num, file, line);
 }
 
 void CRYPTO_secure_free(void *ptr, const char *file, int line)
@@ -588,6 +589,9 @@ static void *sh_malloc(size_t size)
 
     OPENSSL_assert(WITHIN_ARENA(chunk));
 
+    /* zero the free list header as a precaution against information leakage */
+    memset(chunk, 0, sizeof(SH_LIST));
+
     return chunk;
 }
 
@@ -620,6 +624,8 @@ static void sh_free(void *ptr)
 
         list--;
 
+        /* Zero the higher addressed block's free list pointers */
+        memset(ptr > buddy ? ptr : buddy, 0, sizeof(SH_LIST));
         if (ptr > buddy)
             ptr = buddy;