From: David Howells [PATCH] Keys: Fix key serial number collision handling Fix the key serial number collision avoidance code in key_alloc_serial(). This didn't use to be so much of a problem as the key serial numbers were allocated from a simple incremental counter, and it would have to go through two billion keys before it could possibly encounter a collision. However, now that random numbers are used instead, collisions are much more likely. This is fixed by finding a hole in the rbtree where the next unused serial number ought to be and using that by going almost back to the top of the insertion routine and redoing the insertion with the new serial number rather than trying to be clever and attempting to work out the insertion point pointer directly. This fixes kernel BZ #7727. Signed-off-by: David Howells Cc: Chuck Ebbert Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- security/keys/key.c | 33 ++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/security/keys/key.c +++ linux-2.6.20.1/security/keys/key.c @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static inline void key_alloc_serial(stru spin_lock(&key_serial_lock); +attempt_insertion: parent = NULL; p = &key_serial_tree.rb_node; @@ -202,39 +203,33 @@ static inline void key_alloc_serial(stru else goto serial_exists; } - goto insert_here; + + /* we've found a suitable hole - arrange for this key to occupy it */ + rb_link_node(&key->serial_node, parent, p); + rb_insert_color(&key->serial_node, &key_serial_tree); + + spin_unlock(&key_serial_lock); + return; /* we found a key with the proposed serial number - walk the tree from * that point looking for the next unused serial number */ serial_exists: for (;;) { key->serial++; - if (key->serial < 2) - key->serial = 2; - - if (!rb_parent(parent)) - p = &key_serial_tree.rb_node; - else if (rb_parent(parent)->rb_left == parent) - p = &(rb_parent(parent)->rb_left); - else - p = &(rb_parent(parent)->rb_right); + if (key->serial < 3) { + key->serial = 3; + goto attempt_insertion; + } parent = rb_next(parent); if (!parent) - break; + goto attempt_insertion; xkey = rb_entry(parent, struct key, serial_node); if (key->serial < xkey->serial) - goto insert_here; + goto attempt_insertion; } - /* we've found a suitable hole - arrange for this key to occupy it */ -insert_here: - rb_link_node(&key->serial_node, parent, p); - rb_insert_color(&key->serial_node, &key_serial_tree); - - spin_unlock(&key_serial_lock); - } /* end key_alloc_serial() */ /*****************************************************************************/ -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/