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author | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2012-10-02 22:30:19 +0400 |
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committer | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2012-10-02 22:30:19 +0400 |
commit | 4442d7704c7311d1c42383d365e0b883e0075975 (patch) | |
tree | ee80c095ea8b13c2ad62c9406ddc6166c5b09cb4 /security/keys/keyctl.c | |
parent | f8aa23a55f813c9bddec2a6176e0e67274e6e7c1 (diff) | |
parent | d4f65b5d2497b2fd9c45f06b71deb4ab084a5b66 (diff) | |
download | linux-4442d7704c7311d1c42383d365e0b883e0075975.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'modsign-keys-devel' into security-next-keys
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/keyctl.c')
-rw-r--r-- | security/keys/keyctl.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c index 65b38417c211..6d9d0c747525 100644 --- a/security/keys/keyctl.c +++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ static int key_get_type_from_user(char *type, * Extract the description of a new key from userspace and either add it as a * new key to the specified keyring or update a matching key in that keyring. * + * If the description is NULL or an empty string, the key type is asked to + * generate one from the payload. + * * The keyring must be writable so that we can attach the key to it. * * If successful, the new key's serial number is returned, otherwise an error @@ -72,10 +75,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type, if (ret < 0) goto error; - description = strndup_user(_description, PAGE_SIZE); - if (IS_ERR(description)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(description); - goto error; + description = NULL; + if (_description) { + description = strndup_user(_description, PAGE_SIZE); + if (IS_ERR(description)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(description); + goto error; + } + if (!*description) { + kfree(description); + description = NULL; + } } /* pull the payload in if one was supplied */ |