linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings

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Date:   Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:52:02 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings

Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com> wrote:

> @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ int install_thread_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *new)
>  {
>  	struct key *keyring;
>  
> +	if (new->thread_keyring)
> +		return -EEXIST;
> +
>  	keyring = keyring_alloc("_tid", new->uid, new->gid, new,
>  				KEY_POS_ALL | KEY_USR_VIEW,
>  				KEY_ALLOC_QUOTA_OVERRUN,

It would probably be better just to return 0 and change the comment on the
function to say that it sets a thread keyring if there isn't one already.
Same for the process keyring.

David