linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 08/12] KEYS: PGP-based public key signature verification

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Date:   Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:43:55 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, dwmw2@...radead.org,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, davem@...emloft.net,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        silviu.vlasceanu@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 08/12] KEYS: PGP-based public key signature verification

Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com> wrote:

> - switch from session to user keyring (Roberto Sassu)
> - search user keyring only if no keyring was provided, so that the
>   trustworthiness of the signature depends on the type of keyring
>   containing the key used for signature verification (Roberto Sassu)

Er.  No.  You should search the session keyring.  This may contain a link to
the user keyring (pam_keyinit emplaces one).

You need to consider what it is that the patch trying to achieve.

David