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Re: CVS commit: src
Unrelated to the topic of the thread, but kmem(9) says:
SECURITY CONSIDERATION
As the memory allocated by kmem_alloc() is uninitialized, it can
contain security-sensitive data left by its previous user. It is
the caller's responsibility not to expose it to the world.
Shouldn't it be the responsibility of the security-sensitive subsystem
to clear the memory before it is freed, rather than the responsibility
of every kmem_alloc() caller?
-e.
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