linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] KEYS: validate key trust only with builtin keys

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Message-id: <46a150454d7d8e1dd22863c4993566e482961dbf.1402387862.git.d.kasatkin@samsung.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:48:18 +0300
From:	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
To:	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dhowells@...hat.com, jwboyer@...hat.com,
	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] KEYS: validate key trust only with builtin keys

This patch allows to specify kernel parameter 'keys_ownerid=builtin'
to allow trust validation only using builtin keys.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
---
 crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c | 9 +++++++--
 include/linux/key.h                      | 1 +
 kernel/system_keyring.c                  | 1 +
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
index d46b790..c3805a8 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "public_key.h"
 #include "x509_parser.h"
 
+static bool builtin_keys;
 static char *owner_keyid;
 static int __init default_owner_keyid_set(char *str)
 {
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ static int __init default_owner_keyid_set(char *str)
 
 	if (strncmp(str, "id:", 3) == 0)
 		owner_keyid = str;	/* owner local key 'id:xxxxxx' */
+	else if (strcmp(str, "builtin") == 0)
+		builtin_keys = true;
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -197,8 +200,10 @@ static int x509_validate_trust(struct x509_certificate *cert,
 					  cert->authority,
 					  strlen(cert->authority));
 	if (!IS_ERR(key))  {
-		pk = key->payload.data;
-		ret = x509_check_signature(pk, cert);
+		if (!builtin_keys || test_bit(KEY_FLAG_BUILTIN, &key->flags)) {
+			pk = key->payload.data;
+			ret = x509_check_signature(pk, cert);
+		}
 		key_put(key);
 	}
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index cd0abb8..67c8e7e 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ struct key {
 #define KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED	7	/* set if key has been invalidated */
 #define KEY_FLAG_TRUSTED	8	/* set if key is trusted */
 #define KEY_FLAG_TRUSTED_ONLY	9	/* set if keyring only accepts links to trusted keys */
+#define KEY_FLAG_BUILTIN	10	/* set if key is builtin */
 
 	/* the key type and key description string
 	 * - the desc is used to match a key against search criteria
diff --git a/kernel/system_keyring.c b/kernel/system_keyring.c
index 52ebc70..875f64e 100644
--- a/kernel/system_keyring.c
+++ b/kernel/system_keyring.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static __init int load_system_certificate_list(void)
 			pr_err("Problem loading in-kernel X.509 certificate (%ld)\n",
 			       PTR_ERR(key));
 		} else {
+			set_bit(KEY_FLAG_BUILTIN, &key_ref_to_ptr(key)->flags);
 			pr_notice("Loaded X.509 cert '%s'\n",
 				  key_ref_to_ptr(key)->description);
 			key_ref_put(key);
-- 
1.9.1

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