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keys: Fix missing null pointer check in request_key_auth_describe()
If a request_key authentication token key gets revoked, there's a window in which request_key_auth_describe() can see it with a NULL payload - but it makes no check for this and something like the following oops may occur: BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0x00000038 Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000004ddf30 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [...] request_key_auth_describe+0x90/0xd0 LR [...] request_key_auth_describe+0x54/0xd0 Call Trace: [...] request_key_auth_describe+0x54/0xd0 (unreliable) [...] proc_keys_show+0x308/0x4c0 [...] seq_read+0x3d0/0x540 [...] proc_reg_read+0x90/0x110 [...] __vfs_read+0x3c/0x70 [...] vfs_read+0xb4/0x1b0 [...] ksys_read+0x7c/0x130 [...] system_call+0x5c/0x70 Fix this by checking for a NULL pointer when describing such a key. Also make the read routine check for a NULL pointer to be on the safe side. [DH: Modified to not take already-held rcu lock and modified to also check in the read routine] Fixes: 04c567d ("[PATCH] Keys: Fix race between two instantiators of a key") Reported-by: Sachin Sant <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]> Tested-by: Sachin Sant <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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security/keys/request_key_auth.c

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@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ static void request_key_auth_describe(const struct key *key,
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{
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struct request_key_auth *rka = dereference_key_rcu(key);
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if (!rka)
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return;
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seq_puts(m, "key:");
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seq_puts(m, key->description);
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if (key_is_positive(key))
@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ static long request_key_auth_read(const struct key *key,
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size_t datalen;
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long ret;
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if (!rka)
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return -EKEYREVOKED;
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datalen = rka->callout_len;
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ret = datalen;
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