3 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cba0e83..be65865 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Robin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>
 SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 -->
 
+# Unreleased
+- Use `CString` to store the temporary password instead of `Vec<u8>`.
+
 # v0.5.1 (2020-01-15)
 - Fix serial number formatting for Nitrokey Pro devices with firmware 0.8 or
   older in the `list_devices` function.
diff --git a/src/auth.rs b/src/auth.rs
index cab1021..571e198 100644
--- a/src/auth.rs
+++ b/src/auth.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 use std::convert::TryFrom as _;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::marker;
 use std::ops;
 use std::os::raw::c_char;
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ pub trait Authenticate<'a> {
 }
 
 trait AuthenticatedDevice<T> {
-    fn new(device: T, temp_password: Vec<u8>) -> Self;
+    fn new(device: T, temp_password: CString) -> Self;
 
     fn temp_password_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char;
 }
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ trait AuthenticatedDevice<T> {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct User<'a, T: Device<'a>> {
     device: T,
-    temp_password: Vec<u8>,
+    temp_password: CString,
     marker: marker::PhantomData<&'a T>,
 }
 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ pub struct User<'a, T: Device<'a>> {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Admin<'a, T: Device<'a>> {
     device: T,
-    temp_password: Vec<u8>,
+    temp_password: CString,
     marker: marker::PhantomData<&'a T>,
 }
 
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ where
         Err(err) => return Err((device, err)),
     };
     let password_ptr = password.as_ptr();
-    let temp_password_ptr = temp_password.as_ptr() as *const c_char;
+    let temp_password_ptr = temp_password.as_ptr();
     match callback(password_ptr, temp_password_ptr) {
         0 => Ok(A::new(device, temp_password)),
         rv => Err((device, Error::from(rv))),
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Device<'a>> GenerateOtp for User<'a, T> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: Device<'a>> AuthenticatedDevice<T> for User<'a, T> {
-    fn new(device: T, temp_password: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+    fn new(device: T, temp_password: CString) -> Self {
         User {
             device,
             temp_password,
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Device<'a>> AuthenticatedDevice<T> for User<'a, T> {
     }
 
     fn temp_password_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char {
-        self.temp_password.as_ptr() as *const c_char
+        self.temp_password.as_ptr()
     }
 }
 
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Device<'a>> ConfigureOtp for Admin<'a, T> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: Device<'a>> AuthenticatedDevice<T> for Admin<'a, T> {
-    fn new(device: T, temp_password: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+    fn new(device: T, temp_password: CString) -> Self {
         Admin {
             device,
             temp_password,
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Device<'a>> AuthenticatedDevice<T> for Admin<'a, T> {
     }
 
     fn temp_password_ptr(&self) -> *const c_char {
-        self.temp_password.as_ptr() as *const c_char
+        self.temp_password.as_ptr()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 5a56c55..b9b1a68 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ pub fn get_last_error() -> Error {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn generate_password(length: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+pub fn generate_password(length: usize) -> Result<CString, Error> {
     let mut data = vec![0u8; length];
     OsRng.fill_bytes(&mut data[..]);
-    Ok(data)
+    get_cstring(data)
 }
 
 pub fn get_cstring<T: Into<Vec<u8>>>(s: T) -> Result<CString, Error> {