[PATCH] KEYS: request_key() should return -ENOKEY if the constructedkey is negative

From: David Howells
Date: Fri Aug 06 2010 - 11:09:50 EST


request_key() should return -ENOKEY if the key it constructs has been
negatively instantiated.

Without this, request_key() can return an unusable key to its caller, and if
the caller then does key_validate() that won't catch the problem.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

security/keys/request_key.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c
index 0d26f68..0088dd8 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
@@ -537,6 +537,8 @@ int wait_for_key_construction(struct key *key, bool intr)
intr ? TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE : TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
+ if (test_bit(KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE, &key->flags))
+ return -ENOKEY;
return key_validate(key);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_key_construction);

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