wallet: wipe seed from memory where appropriate

2018-07-07 00:03:15 +01:00
parent b780cf4db1
commit ea37614efe
19 changed files with 653 additions and 144 deletions
@@ -1574,11 +1574,13 @@ namespace tools

      if (req.key_type.compare("mnemonic") == 0)
      {
-        if (!m_wallet->get_seed(res.key))
+        epee::wipeable_string seed;
+        if (!m_wallet->get_seed(seed))
        {
            er.message = "The wallet is non-deterministic. Cannot display seed.";
            return false;
        }
+        res.key = std::string(seed.data(), seed.size()); // send to the network, then wipe RAM :D
      }
      else if(req.key_type.compare("view_key") == 0)
      {