clear passwords with explicit_bzero

Make sure to explicitly clear memory that is used for password input. memset
is often optimized out by the compiler.

Brought to attention by the OpenBSD community, see:
https://marc.info/?t=146989502600003&r=1&w=2
Thread subject: x11/slock: clear passwords with explicit_bzero

Changes:

- explicit_bzero.c import from libressl-portable.
- Makefile: add COMPATSRC for compatibility src.
- config.mk: add separate *BSD section in config.mk to simply uncomment it on
  these platforms.
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Hiltjo Posthuma
2016-07-31 13:43:00 +02:00
parent 65b8d52788
commit a7afade170
5 changed files with 34 additions and 5 deletions

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/* $OpenBSD: explicit_bzero.c,v 1.3 2014/06/21 02:34:26 matthew Exp $ */
/*
* Public domain.
* Written by Matthew Dempsky.
*/
#include <string.h>
__attribute__((weak)) void
__explicit_bzero_hook(void *buf, size_t len)
{
}
void
explicit_bzero(void *buf, size_t len)
{
memset(buf, 0, len);
__explicit_bzero_hook(buf, len);
}