From 1823d475a5eeaa0f52789b1b7e2d31a592ae92ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Biggers Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:50:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] KEYS: load key flags and expiry time atomically in key_validate() In key_validate(), load the flags and expiry time once atomically, since these can change concurrently if key_validate() is called without the key semaphore held. And we don't want to get inconsistent results if a variable is referenced multiple times. For example, key->expiry was referenced in both 'if (key->expiry)' and in 'if (now.tv_sec >= key->expiry)', making it theoretically possible to see a spurious EKEYEXPIRED while the expiration time was being removed, i.e. set to 0. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers Signed-off-by: David Howells --- security/keys/permission.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/keys/permission.c b/security/keys/permission.c index 732cc0beffdf..a72b4dd70c8a 100644 --- a/security/keys/permission.c +++ b/security/keys/permission.c @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(key_task_permission); */ int key_validate(const struct key *key) { - unsigned long flags = key->flags; + unsigned long flags = READ_ONCE(key->flags); + time_t expiry = READ_ONCE(key->expiry); if (flags & (1 << KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED)) return -ENOKEY; @@ -99,9 +100,9 @@ int key_validate(const struct key *key) return -EKEYREVOKED; /* check it hasn't expired */ - if (key->expiry) { + if (expiry) { struct timespec now = current_kernel_time(); - if (now.tv_sec >= key->expiry) + if (now.tv_sec >= expiry) return -EKEYEXPIRED; } -- 2.20.1