[PATCH RESEND v6 0/3] certs: Prevent spurious errors on repeated blacklisting

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Mon Jan 09 2023 - 19:00:12 EST


When the blacklist keyring was changed to allow updates from the root
user it gained an ->update() function that disallows all updates.
When the a hash is blacklisted multiple times from the builtin or
firmware-provided blacklist this spams prominent logs during boot:

[ 0.890814] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)

This affects the firmware of various vendors. Reported have been at least:
* Samsung: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1436856/
* Acer: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2478840
* MSI: https://forum.archlabslinux.com/t/blacklist-problem-blacklisting-hash-13-errors-on-boot/6674/7
* Micro-Star: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=278860
* Lenovo: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c8c65713-5cda-43ad-8018-20f2e32e4432@xxxxxxxx/

Note: In the meantime I lost access to the machine exhibiting the
problematic behavior. If larger changes are required to this series
somebody else would have to validate them or take over the series.

Changelog:

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221104014704.3469-1-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v1 -> v2:
* Improve logging message to include the failed hash
* Add key_create() function without update semantics
* Use key_create() from mark_raw_hash_blacklisted() and log specific message
on -EEXIST

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221109025019.1855-1-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v2 -> v3:
* Clarify commit titles and messages
* Drop the change to BLACKLIST_KEY_PERM from patch 3, as it was an artifact
of some obsolete version of the patch and not needed

v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221118040343.2958-1-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v3 -> v4:
* Drop Fixes-tag from first patch
* Flesh out commit descriptions and messages

v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-keys-blacklist-v4-0-00afeb3137fb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
v4 -> v5:
* Reduce lines needed by function calls in key.c
* Add Reviewed-by from Jarkko

v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-keys-blacklist-v5-0-52e9eb5a8827@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
v5 -> v6:
* Correct Jarkkos email in Reviewed-by tags
* Resend to hopefully reach @kernel.org recipients

Thomas Weißschuh (3):
certs: log hash value on blacklist error
KEYS: Add key_create()
certs: don't try to update blacklist keys

certs/blacklist.c | 21 ++++---
include/linux/key.h | 8 +++
security/keys/key.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

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2.38.1

To: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: keyrings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Pearson <markpearson@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thomas Weißschuh (3):
certs: make blacklisted hash available in klog
KEYS: Add new function key_create()
certs: don't try to update blacklist keys

certs/blacklist.c | 21 ++++----
include/linux/key.h | 8 +++
security/keys/key.c | 137 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
3 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 512dee0c00ad9e9c7ae9f11fc6743702ea40caff
change-id: 20221212-keys-blacklist-2c79a64667c9

Best regards,
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Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>