linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:09:02 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, 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>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key

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

> +	if (test_bit(KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE, &key->flags)) {
> +		ret = -ENOKEY;
> +		goto error2;
> +	}

It might be better to do this check in key_validate().  Also, it should
perhaps take the error from key->reject_error.

David