diff --git a/svr-authpasswd.c b/svr-authpasswd.c index cc9e838bffc3bfe6439f3f3b5cc8047704b0e2b9..72495536467c4f97fe8ffd0582df579da0a02a9c 100644 --- a/svr-authpasswd.c +++ b/svr-authpasswd.c @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ void svr_auth_password() { /* the first bytes of passwdcrypt are the salt */ testcrypt = crypt((char*)password, passwdcrypt); + m_burn(password, passwordlen); + m_free(password); if (strcmp(testcrypt, passwdcrypt) == 0) { /* successful authentication */ @@ -101,8 +103,6 @@ void svr_auth_password() { send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1); } - m_burn(password, passwordlen); - m_free(password); } #endif /* DROPBEAR_PASSWORD_AUTH */