1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 9ee3f689c2b0..7c3f4b9230d7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ sesInfoFree(struct cifsSesInfo *buf_to_free)
         kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
         kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
         kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
-        kfree(buf_to_free->password);
+        if (buf_to_free->password) {
+                memset(buf_to_free->password, 0, strlen(buf_to_free->password));
+                kfree(buf_to_free->password);
+        }
         kfree(buf_to_free->domainName);
         kfree(buf_to_free);
 }