From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>,
Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
keyrings@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v2 12/16] keys: Add refcounting to user-defined key type payload
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:22:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710192220.1922433-13-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710192220.1922433-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
Add refcounting to user-defined key type payload so that a kernel service
wanting to use such a key can hold onto the payload without the RCU read
lock held in order that it can do an allocation without having to be
concerned with the key getting updated.
This is the first part of the fix for the AF_RXRPC challenge response
generation code.
Fixes: 5800b1cf3fd8 ("rxrpc: Allow CHALLENGEs to the passed to the app for a RESPONSE")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260624163819.3017002-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: keyrings@vger.kernel.org
cc: stable@kernel.org
---
include/keys/user-type.h | 2 ++
net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c | 1 +
security/keys/user_defined.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/keys/user-type.h b/include/keys/user-type.h
index 386c31432789..7002a993a472 100644
--- a/include/keys/user-type.h
+++ b/include/keys/user-type.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
*/
struct user_key_payload {
struct rcu_head rcu; /* RCU destructor */
+ refcount_t ref;
unsigned short datalen; /* length of this data */
char data[] __aligned(__alignof__(u64)); /* actual data */
};
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ struct key_preparsed_payload;
extern int user_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep);
extern void user_free_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep);
+void put_user_key_payload(struct user_key_payload *payload);
extern int user_update(struct key *key, struct key_preparsed_payload *prep);
extern void user_revoke(struct key *key);
extern void user_destroy(struct key *key);
diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
index c3c8c3240ef9..aa3c058f4095 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ dns_resolver_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
kleave(" = -ENOMEM");
return -ENOMEM;
}
+ refcount_set(&upayload->ref, 1);
upayload->datalen = result_len;
memcpy(upayload->data, data, result_len);
diff --git a/security/keys/user_defined.c b/security/keys/user_defined.c
index 6f88b507f927..90c1bd5d7dfe 100644
--- a/security/keys/user_defined.c
+++ b/security/keys/user_defined.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ int user_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
upayload = kmalloc_flex(*upayload, data, datalen);
if (!upayload)
return -ENOMEM;
+ refcount_set(&upayload->ref, 1);
/* attach the data */
prep->quotalen = datalen;
@@ -88,12 +89,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(user_free_preparse);
static void user_free_payload_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
{
- struct user_key_payload *payload;
+ struct user_key_payload *payload =
+ container_of(head, struct user_key_payload, rcu);
- payload = container_of(head, struct user_key_payload, rcu);
kfree_sensitive(payload);
}
+/*
+ * Free a user defined key payload.
+ */
+void put_user_key_payload(struct user_key_payload *payload)
+{
+ if (payload && refcount_dec_and_test(&payload->ref))
+ call_rcu(&payload->rcu, user_free_payload_rcu);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_user_key_payload);
+
/*
* update a user defined key
* - the key's semaphore is write-locked
@@ -115,8 +126,7 @@ int user_update(struct key *key, struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
rcu_assign_keypointer(key, prep->payload.data[0]);
prep->payload.data[0] = NULL;
- if (zap)
- call_rcu(&zap->rcu, user_free_payload_rcu);
+ put_user_key_payload(zap);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(user_update);
@@ -134,7 +144,7 @@ void user_revoke(struct key *key)
if (upayload) {
rcu_assign_keypointer(key, NULL);
- call_rcu(&upayload->rcu, user_free_payload_rcu);
+ put_user_key_payload(upayload);
}
}
@@ -147,9 +157,8 @@ void user_destroy(struct key *key)
{
struct user_key_payload *upayload = key->payload.data[0];
- kfree_sensitive(upayload);
+ put_user_key_payload(upayload);
}
-
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(user_destroy);
/*
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 19:22 [PATCH net v2 00/16] rxrpc: Fix CHALLENGE packet handling David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 01/16] afs: Fix NULL deref in afs_deliver_cb_init_call_back_state3() David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 02/16] rxrpc: Fix sendmsg to not return an error if last packet queued David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 03/16] afs: Fix UAF when sending a message David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 04/16] afs: Fix two delivery functions to pass back -EAGAIN David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 05/16] afs: Fix afs_fs_fetch_data() to set call->async David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 06/16] rxrpc: Fix packet encryption error handling David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 07/16] rxrpc: Fix update of call->tx_pending without holding lock David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 08/16] rxrpc: Fix generation of notifications after call completion David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 09/16] afs: Simplify call refcounting David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 10/16] afs: Make afs_put_call() take trace argument David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 11/16] afs: Fix UAF in afs_make_call() David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 13/16] afs: Create a server appdata key David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 14/16] rxrpc: Pass appdata key to rxrpc_call and thence to rxrpc_bundle David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 15/16] rxrpc: Fix CHALLENGE packet overqueuing and simplify RESPONSE generation David Howells
2026-07-10 19:22 ` [PATCH net v2 16/16] rxrpc: Remove OOB challenge/response code David Howells
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