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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 52c34532c785..4ad3212adebe 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ error:
* Create and join an anonymous session keyring or join a named session
* keyring, creating it if necessary. A named session keyring must have Search
* permission for it to be joined. Session keyrings without this permit will
- * be skipped over.
+ * be skipped over. It is not permitted for userspace to create or join
+ * keyrings whose name begin with a dot.
*
* If successful, the ID of the joined session keyring will be returned.
*/
@@ -290,12 +291,16 @@ long keyctl_join_session_keyring(const char __user *_name)
ret = PTR_ERR(name);
goto error;
}
+
+ ret = -EPERM;
+ if (name[0] == '.')
+ goto error_name;
}
/* join the session */
ret = join_session_keyring(name);
+error_name:
kfree(name);
-
error:
return ret;
}
@@ -1253,8 +1258,8 @@ error:
* Read or set the default keyring in which request_key() will cache keys and
* return the old setting.
*
- * If a process keyring is specified then this will be created if it doesn't
- * yet exist. The old setting will be returned if successful.
+ * If a thread or process keyring is specified then it will be created if it
+ * doesn't yet exist. The old setting will be returned if successful.
*/
long keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(int reqkey_defl)
{
@@ -1279,11 +1284,8 @@ long keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(int reqkey_defl)
case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_PROCESS_KEYRING:
ret = install_process_keyring_to_cred(new);
- if (ret < 0) {
- if (ret != -EEXIST)
- goto error;
- ret = 0;
- }
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto error;
goto set;
case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_DEFAULT: