linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KEYS: fix cred refcount leak in request_key_auth

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:37:43 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     keyrings@...r.kernel.org, Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...gle.com>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KEYS: fix cred refcount leak in request_key_auth_new()

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 04:46:08PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > In request_key_auth_new(), if alloc_key() or key_instantiate_and_link()
> > were to fail, we would leak a reference to the 'struct cred'.  Currently
> > this can only happen if alloc_key() fails to to allocate memory.  But it
> > still should be fixed, as it is a more severe bug waiting to happen.
> 
> It might be better to combine request_key_auth_destroy() and the error path
> that you're altering in request_key_auth_new() by pulling it into a separate
> function.
> 
> David

Agreed, I'll do that.

Eric