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Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key

From David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key
Date 2017-09-19 18:10 +0200
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Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> wrote:

> +	if (test_bit(KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE, &key->flags)) {
> +		ret = -ENOKEY;
> +		goto error2;
> +	}

It might be better to do this check in key_validate().  Also, it should
perhaps take the error from key->reject_error.

David

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[PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> - 2017-09-18 20:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-09-19 18:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 01:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-09-25 15:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> - 2017-09-25 20:40 +0200

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