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security, keys: convert key_user.usage from atomic_t to refcount_t
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refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
situations.

Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <[email protected]>
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ereshetova authored and James Morris committed Apr 3, 2017
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion security/keys/internal.h
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#include <linux/key-type.h>
#include <linux/task_work.h>
#include <linux/keyctl.h>
#include <linux/refcount.h>

struct iovec;

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struct rb_node node;
struct mutex cons_lock; /* construction initiation lock */
spinlock_t lock;
atomic_t usage; /* for accessing qnkeys & qnbytes */
refcount_t usage; /* for accessing qnkeys & qnbytes */
atomic_t nkeys; /* number of keys */
atomic_t nikeys; /* number of instantiated keys */
kuid_t uid;
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions security/keys/key.c
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Expand Up @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct key_user *key_user_lookup(kuid_t uid)

/* if we get here, then the user record still hadn't appeared on the
* second pass - so we use the candidate record */
atomic_set(&candidate->usage, 1);
refcount_set(&candidate->usage, 1);
atomic_set(&candidate->nkeys, 0);
atomic_set(&candidate->nikeys, 0);
candidate->uid = uid;
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/* okay - we found a user record for this UID */
found:
atomic_inc(&user->usage);
refcount_inc(&user->usage);
spin_unlock(&key_user_lock);
kfree(candidate);
out:
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*/
void key_user_put(struct key_user *user)
{
if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&user->usage, &key_user_lock)) {
if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&user->usage, &key_user_lock)) {
rb_erase(&user->node, &key_user_tree);
spin_unlock(&key_user_lock);

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion security/keys/proc.c
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Expand Up @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int proc_key_users_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)

seq_printf(m, "%5u: %5d %d/%d %d/%d %d/%d\n",
from_kuid_munged(seq_user_ns(m), user->uid),
atomic_read(&user->usage),
refcount_read(&user->usage),
atomic_read(&user->nkeys),
atomic_read(&user->nikeys),
user->qnkeys,
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion security/keys/process_keys.c
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Expand Up @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(key_user_keyring_mutex);

/* The root user's tracking struct */
struct key_user root_key_user = {
.usage = ATOMIC_INIT(3),
.usage = REFCOUNT_INIT(3),
.cons_lock = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(root_key_user.cons_lock),
.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(root_key_user.lock),
.nkeys = ATOMIC_INIT(2),
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