Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 2 authors, 2017-09-25

[PATCH v2 2/3] KEYS: don't revoke uninstantiated key in request_key_auth_new()

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From: Eric Biggers <hidden>
Date: 2017-09-21 20:59:41
Also in: keyrings, lkml
Subsystem: keys/keyrings, security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers: David Howells, Jarkko Sakkinen, Paul Moore, James Morris, "Serge E. Hallyn", Linus Torvalds

From: Eric Biggers <redacted>

If key_instantiate_and_link() were to fail (which fortunately isn't
possible currently), the call to key_revoke(authkey) would crash with a
NULL pointer dereference in request_key_auth_revoke() because the key
has not yet been instantiated.

Fix this by removing the call to key_revoke().  key_put() is sufficient,
as it's not possible for an uninstantiated authkey to have been used for
anything yet.

Fixes: b5f545c880a2 ("[PATCH] keys: Permit running process to instantiate keys")
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <redacted>
---
 security/keys/request_key_auth.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
index 8f12645945ca..2df92b619a38 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target, const void *callout_info,
 	return authkey;
 
 error_put_authkey:
-	key_revoke(authkey);
 	key_put(authkey);
 error_free_rka:
 	free_request_key_auth(rka);
-- 
2.14.1.821.g8fa685d3b7-goog

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