From 41ae93dba05995a491a229acba027c07a0680b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Florian=20M=C3=BCllner?= Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 17:51:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] screenShield: Clear clipboard on lock Currently the clipboard's contents may leak to unauthorized parties by pasting into the unlock dialog's password entry and unmasking the entry. Prevent this from happening by clearing the clipboard on lock. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698922 --- js/ui/screenShield.js | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/js/ui/screenShield.js b/js/ui/screenShield.js index 185f109c7..254bc68ad 100644 --- a/js/ui/screenShield.js +++ b/js/ui/screenShield.js @@ -1215,6 +1215,12 @@ const ScreenShield = new Lang.Class({ return; } + // Clear the clipboard - otherwise, its contents may be leaked + // to unauthorized parties by pasting into the unlock dialog's + // password entry and unmasking the entry + St.Clipboard.get_default().set_text(St.ClipboardType.CLIPBOARD, ''); + St.Clipboard.get_default().set_text(St.ClipboardType.PRIMARY, ''); + this._isLocked = true; this.activate(animate);