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Diffstat (limited to 'security')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/keys/keyctl.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c index d580ad06b792..7cdd5b550693 100644 --- a/security/keys/keyctl.c +++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c @@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ error: * Create and join an anonymous session keyring or join a named session * keyring, creating it if necessary. A named session keyring must have Search * permission for it to be joined. Session keyrings without this permit will - * be skipped over. + * be skipped over. It is not permitted for userspace to create or join + * keyrings whose name begin with a dot. * * If successful, the ID of the joined session keyring will be returned. */ @@ -288,12 +289,16 @@ long keyctl_join_session_keyring(const char __user *_name) ret = PTR_ERR(name); goto error; } + + ret = -EPERM; + if (name[0] == '.') + goto error_name; } /* join the session */ ret = join_session_keyring(name); +error_name: kfree(name); - error: return ret; } |