linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 09/69] Dont leak a key reference if request

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Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:47:55 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, David Jeffery <djeffery@...hat.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 09/69] Dont leak a key reference if request_key() tries to use a revoked keyring

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: David Jeffery <djeffery@...hat.com>

commit d0709f1e66e8066c4ac6a54620ec116aa41937c0 upstream.

If a request_key() call to allocate and fill out a key attempts to insert the
key structure into a revoked keyring, the key will leak, using memory and part
of the user's key quota until the system reboots. This is from a failure of
construct_alloc_key() to decrement the key's reference count after the attempt
to insert into the requested keyring is rejected.

key_put() needs to be called in the link_prealloc_failed callpath to ensure
the unused key is released.

Signed-off-by: David Jeffery <djeffery@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 security/keys/request_key.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/security/keys/request_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ link_check_failed:

 link_prealloc_failed:
 	mutex_unlock(&user->cons_lock);
+	key_put(key);
 	kleave(" = %d [prelink]", ret);
 	return ret;