KEYS: Alter use of key instantiation link-to-keyring argument
Alter the use of the key instantiation and negation functions' link-to-keyring
arguments. Currently this specifies a keyring in the target process to link
the key into, creating the keyring if it doesn't exist. This, however, can be
a problem for copy-on-write credentials as it means that the instantiating
process can alter the credentials of the requesting process.
This patch alters the behaviour such that:
(1) If keyctl_instantiate_key() or keyctl_negate_key() are given a specific
keyring by ID (ringid >= 0), then that keyring will be used.
(2) If keyctl_instantiate_key() or keyctl_negate_key() are given one of the
special constants that refer to the requesting process's keyrings
(KEY_SPEC_*_KEYRING, all <= 0), then:
(a) If sys_request_key() was given a keyring to use (destringid) then the
key will be attached to that keyring.
(b) If sys_request_key() was given a NULL keyring, then the key being
instantiated will be attached to the default keyring as set by
keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring().
(3) No extra link will be made.
Decision point (1) follows current behaviour, and allows those instantiators
who've searched for a specifically named keyring in the requestor's keyring so
as to partition the keys by type to still have their named keyrings.
Decision point (2) allows the requestor to make sure that the key or keys that
get produced by request_key() go where they want, whilst allowing the
instantiator to request that the key is retained. This is mainly useful for
situations where the instantiator makes a secondary request, the key for which
should be retained by the initial requestor:
+-----------+ +--------------+ +--------------+
| | | | | |
| Requestor |------->| Instantiator |------->| Instantiator |
| | | | | |
+-----------+ +--------------+ +--------------+
request_key() request_key()
This might be useful, for example, in Kerberos, where the requestor requests a
ticket, and then the ticket instantiator requests the TGT, which someone else
then has to go and fetch. The TGT, however, should be retained in the
keyrings of the requestor, not the first instantiator. To make this explict
an extra special keyring constant is also added.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
diff --git a/security/keys/internal.h b/security/keys/internal.h
index a60c681..d1586c6 100644
--- a/security/keys/internal.h
+++ b/security/keys/internal.h
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@
extern struct key *find_keyring_by_name(const char *name, bool skip_perm_check);
-extern int install_thread_keyring(struct task_struct *tsk);
-extern int install_process_keyring(struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern int install_user_keyrings(void);
+extern int install_thread_keyring(void);
+extern int install_process_keyring(void);
extern struct key *request_key_and_link(struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
@@ -120,8 +121,7 @@
struct key *dest_keyring,
unsigned long flags);
-extern key_ref_t lookup_user_key(struct task_struct *context,
- key_serial_t id, int create, int partial,
+extern key_ref_t lookup_user_key(key_serial_t id, int create, int partial,
key_perm_t perm);
extern long join_session_keyring(const char *name);
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
*/
struct request_key_auth {
struct key *target_key;
+ struct key *dest_keyring;
struct task_struct *context;
void *callout_info;
size_t callout_len;
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@
extern struct key_type key_type_request_key_auth;
extern struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target,
const void *callout_info,
- size_t callout_len);
+ size_t callout_len,
+ struct key *dest_keyring);
extern struct key *key_get_instantiation_authkey(key_serial_t target_id);
