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Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/keyctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/keys/keyctl.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c index 6261745e4459..639226afd0db 100644 --- a/security/keys/keyctl.c +++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c @@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ error: long keyctl_set_timeout(key_serial_t id, unsigned timeout) { struct timespec now; - struct key *key; + struct key *key, *instkey; key_ref_t key_ref; time_t expiry; long ret; @@ -1099,10 +1099,25 @@ long keyctl_set_timeout(key_serial_t id, unsigned timeout) key_ref = lookup_user_key(id, KEY_LOOKUP_CREATE | KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL, KEY_SETATTR); if (IS_ERR(key_ref)) { + /* setting the timeout on a key under construction is permitted + * if we have the authorisation token handy */ + if (PTR_ERR(key_ref) == -EACCES) { + instkey = key_get_instantiation_authkey(id); + if (!IS_ERR(instkey)) { + key_put(instkey); + key_ref = lookup_user_key(id, + KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL, + 0); + if (!IS_ERR(key_ref)) + goto okay; + } + } + ret = PTR_ERR(key_ref); goto error; } +okay: key = key_ref_to_ptr(key_ref); /* make the changes with the locks held to prevent races */ |