3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: David Jeffery <[email protected]> commit d0709f1e66e8066c4ac6a54620ec116aa41937c0 upstream. 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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: James Morris <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- security/keys/request_key.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- 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;
