From: David Jeffery djeffery@redhat.com
commit d0709f1e66e8066c4ac6a54620ec116aa41937c0 upstream. [Please apply to 3.18-stable.]
If a request_key() call to allocate and fill out a key attempts to insert the key structure into a revoked keyring, the key will leak, using memory and part of the user's key quota until the system reboots. This is from a failure of construct_alloc_key() to decrement the key's reference count after the attempt to insert into the requested keyring is rejected.
key_put() needs to be called in the link_prealloc_failed callpath to ensure the unused key is released.
Signed-off-by: David Jeffery djeffery@redhat.com Signed-off-by: David Howells dhowells@redhat.com Signed-off-by: James Morris james.l.morris@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers ebiggers@google.com --- security/keys/request_key.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c index 8117a774ee5d..edc367ef0bd6 100644 --- a/security/keys/request_key.c +++ b/security/keys/request_key.c @@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ link_check_failed:
link_prealloc_failed: mutex_unlock(&user->cons_lock); + key_put(key); kleave(" = %d [prelink]", ret); return ret;