From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
keyrings@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
"open list:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM"
<linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] KEYS: Prevent overflow of quota in key_alloc()
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:55:15 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ataDs4TMkbRjxc_G@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261019192545.GD65095@quark>
On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 12:25:45PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 09:17:24PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > Check that the calculated quota length does not go over INT_MAX.
> >
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Fixes: 7e047ef5fe2d ("[PATCH] keys: sort out key quota system")
> > Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
>
> Seems this should be merged into patch 3?
>
> Also is this reachable? I.e. do any of the key types actually specify
> def_datalen > INT_MAX - KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE + 1?
This is very good question and my *guess* is that no there is not.
That said, when not treated as a bug fix this patch is a great
safe-guard e.g., to block corraterall effects of some other
bugs.
So yeah, that's I would propose here. Let's not call it a bug fix
but still merge.
>
> - Eric
Br, Jarkko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-19 20:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-19 18:17 [PATCH v2 0/6] KEYS: rhashtable bug fixes Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] KEYS: Expand key->{datalen,quotalen} to unsigned int Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 19:12 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-19 20:32 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] KEYS: Reject @desclen values >= KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE in key_alloc() Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 19:17 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-19 20:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-20 0:19 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] KEYS: Prevent overflow of user->{qnkeys,qnbytes} " Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 19:23 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-19 20:53 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-20 0:26 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] KEYS: Prevent overflow of quota " Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:23 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 19:25 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-19 20:55 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2026-10-19 20:56 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] KEYS: Reject @datalen values over INT_MAX Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 19:31 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-19 21:07 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 23:55 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-20 0:03 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] KEYS: Verify the key identity in __keyctl_unlink Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 19:35 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-19 21:06 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 21:16 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-10-19 18:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] KEYS: rhashtable bug fixes Jarkko Sakkinen
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