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From: ebiggers3@gmail.com (Eric Biggers)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] KEYS: don't revoke uninstantiated key in request_key_auth_new()
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:57:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170921205742.144596-3-ebiggers3@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170921205742.144596-1-ebiggers3@gmail.com>

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>

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 <ebiggers@google.com>
---
 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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  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-09-21 20:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-21 20:57 [PATCH v2 0/3] KEYS: fix error handling in request_key_auth_new() Eric Biggers
2017-09-21 20:57 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] KEYS: fix cred refcount leak " Eric Biggers
2017-09-21 20:57 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2017-09-21 20:57 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] KEYS: use kmemdup() " Eric Biggers
2017-09-25 14:14 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] KEYS: don't revoke uninstantiated key " David Howells
2017-09-25 14:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] KEYS: fix cred refcount leak " David Howells

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