[PATCH v3 1/4] integrity: Check for NULL returned by asymmetric_key_public_key

Stefan Berger
2026-04-16T15:40:57Z

Check for a NULL pointer returned by asymmetric_key_public_key and return
-ENOKEY in this case.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
---
security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c b/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c
index 6e68ec3becbd..a791ad43b3fb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c
+++ b/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ int asymmetric_verify(struct key *keyring, const char *sig,
pks.hash_algo = hash_algo_name[hdr->hash_algo];

pk = asymmetric_key_public_key(key);
+ if (!pk) {
+ ret = -ENOKEY;
+ goto out;
+ }
pks.pkey_algo = pk->pkey_algo;
if (!strcmp(pk->pkey_algo, "rsa")) {
pks.encoding = "pkcs1";
--
2.53.0