kernel/linux.git/certs/blacklist.c, branch v7.0.10

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

kernel.h: drop hex.h and update all hex.h users

2026-01-21T03:44:19+00:00

Remove from and update all users/callers of hex.h interfaces to directly #include as part of the process of putting kernel.h on a diet. Removing hex.h from kernel.h means that 36K C source files don't have to pay the price of parsing hex.h for the roughly 120 C source files that need it. This change has been build-tested with allmodconfig on most ARCHes. Also, all users/callers of in the entire source tree have been updated if needed (if not already #included). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251215005206.2362276-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

certs: don't try to update blacklist keys

2023-02-13T08:11:20+00:00

When the same key is blacklisted repeatedly logging at pr_err() level is excessive as no functionality is impaired. When these duplicates are provided by buggy firmware there is nothing the user can do to fix the situation. Instead of spamming the bootlog with errors we use a warning that can still be seen by OEMs when testing their firmware. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c8c65713-5cda-43ad-8018-20f2e32e4432@t-8ch.de/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221104014704.3469-1-linux@weissschuh.net/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Tested-by: Paul Menzel Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen

certs: make blacklisted hash available in klog

2023-02-13T08:11:20+00:00

One common situation triggering this log statement are duplicate hashes reported by the system firmware. These duplicates should be removed from the firmware. Without logging the blacklisted hash triggering the issue however the users can not report it properly to the firmware vendors and the firmware vendors can not easily see which specific hash is duplicated. While changing the log message also use the dedicated ERR_PTR format placeholder for the returned error value. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen

certs: Move load_certificate_list() to be with the asymmetric keys code

2022-06-21T15:05:06+00:00

Move load_certificate_list(), which loads a series of binary X.509 certificates from a blob and inserts them as keys into a keyring, to be with the asymmetric keys code that it drives. This makes it easier to add FIPS selftest code in which we need to load up a private keyring for the tests to use. Signed-off-by: David Howells Reviewed-by: Simo Sorce Reviewed-by: Herbert Xu cc: keyrings@vger.kernel.org cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165515742145.1554877.13488098107542537203.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/

certs: Explain the rationale to call panic()

2022-05-23T15:47:49+00:00

The blacklist_init() function calls panic() for memory allocation errors. This change documents the reason why we don't return -ENODEV. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220322111323.542184-2-mic@digikod.net Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YjeW2r6Wv55Du0bJ@iki.fi Suggested-by: Paul Moore Reviewed-by: Paul Moore Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen

certs: Allow root user to append signed hashes to the blacklist keyring

2022-05-23T15:47:49+00:00

Add a kernel option SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_AUTH_UPDATE to enable the root user to dynamically add new keys to the blacklist keyring. This enables to invalidate new certificates, either from being loaded in a keyring, or from being trusted in a PKCS#7 certificate chain. This also enables to add new file hashes to be denied by the integrity infrastructure. Being able to untrust a certificate which could have normaly been trusted is a sensitive operation. This is why adding new hashes to the blacklist keyring is only allowed when these hashes are signed and vouched by the builtin trusted keyring. A blacklist hash is stored as a key description. The PKCS#7 signature of this description must be provided as the key payload. Marking a certificate as untrusted should be enforced while the system is running. It is then forbiden to remove such blacklist keys. Update blacklist keyring, blacklist key and revoked certificate access rights: * allows the root user to search for a specific blacklisted hash, which make sense because the descriptions are already viewable; * forbids key update (blacklist and asymmetric ones); * restricts kernel rights on the blacklist keyring to align with the root user rights. See help in tools/certs/print-cert-tbs-hash.sh . Cc: David Howells Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: Eric Snowberg Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210712170313.884724-6-mic@digikod.net Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Tested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen

certs: Make blacklist_vet_description() more strict

2022-05-23T15:47:49+00:00

Before exposing this new key type to user space, make sure that only meaningful blacklisted hashes are accepted. This is also checked for builtin blacklisted hashes, but a following commit make sure that the user will notice (at built time) and will fix the configuration if it already included errors. Check that a blacklist key description starts with a valid prefix and then a valid hexadecimal string. Cc: David Howells Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: Eric Snowberg Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210712170313.884724-4-mic@digikod.net Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen

certs: Factor out the blacklist hash creation

2022-05-23T15:47:49+00:00

Factor out the blacklist hash creation with the get_raw_hash() helper. This also centralize the "tbs" and "bin" prefixes and make them private, which help to manage them consistently. Cc: David Howells Cc: David S. Miller Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: Eric Snowberg Cc: Herbert Xu Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210712170313.884724-5-mic@digikod.net Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen