RFR: 8353578: Refactor existing usage of internal HKDF impl to use the KDF API [v6]

[Sean Mullan]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:25:35 GMT, Valerie Peng <valeriep at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/ServerHello.java line 624:
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>>> 622: 
>>> 623:             SSLKeyDerivation handshakeKD = ke.createKeyDerivation(shc);
>>> 624:             SecretKey handshakeSecret = handshakeKD.deriveKey(
>> 
>> It looks like this can be cleared after it is used to derive the key. Similar comment on line 1310.
>
> Well, I am not sure if clearing `handshakeSecret` is ok - this `handshakeSecret` is passed to `kd` on line 636 and stored internally without cloning. Then `kd` is stored into `shc` which suggests that it may be used later. Clearing it will likely cause problems for subsequent key derivations? Same goes for line 1310. Is there something that I missed?

Ah, yes you are right.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24393#discussion_r2069307086