[PATCH v2] KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings

[Eric Biggers]

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at google.com>

Running the following program as an unprivileged user exhausts kernel
memory by leaking thread keyrings:

	#include <keyutils.h>

	int main()
	{
		for (;;)
			keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING);
	}

Fix it by only creating a new thread keyring if there wasn't one before.
To make things more consistent, make install_thread_keyring_to_cred()
and install_process_keyring_to_cred() both return 0 if the corresponding
keyring is already present.

Fixes: d84f4f992cbd ("CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # 2.6.29+
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at google.com>
---
 security/keys/keyctl.c       | 11 ++++-------
 security/keys/process_keys.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 52c34532c785..44c1f0e70ac7 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -1253,8 +1253,8 @@ long keyctl_reject_key(key_serial_t id, unsigned timeout, unsigned error,
  * Read or set the default keyring in which request_key() will cache keys and
  * return the old setting.
  *
- * If a process keyring is specified then this will be created if it doesn't
- * yet exist.  The old setting will be returned if successful.
+ * If a thread or process keyring is specified then it will be created if it
+ * doesn't yet exist.  The old setting will be returned if successful.
  */
 long keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(int reqkey_defl)
 {
@@ -1279,11 +1279,8 @@ long keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(int reqkey_defl)
 
 	case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_PROCESS_KEYRING:
 		ret = install_process_keyring_to_cred(new);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (ret != -EEXIST)
-				goto error;
-			ret = 0;
-		}
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto error;
 		goto set;
 
 	case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_DEFAULT:
diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
index b6fdd22205b1..9139b18fc863 100644
--- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
+++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
@@ -128,13 +128,18 @@ int install_user_keyrings(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Install a fresh thread keyring directly to new credentials.  This keyring is
- * allowed to overrun the quota.
+ * Install a thread keyring to the given credentials struct if it didn't have
+ * one already.  This is allowed to overrun the quota.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if a thread keyring is now present; -errno on failure.
  */
 int install_thread_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *new)
 {
 	struct key *keyring;
 
+	if (new->thread_keyring)
+		return 0;
+
 	keyring = keyring_alloc("_tid", new->uid, new->gid, new,
 				KEY_POS_ALL | KEY_USR_VIEW,
 				KEY_ALLOC_QUOTA_OVERRUN,
@@ -147,7 +152,9 @@ int install_thread_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *new)
 }
 
 /*
- * Install a fresh thread keyring, discarding the old one.
+ * Install a thread keyring to the current task if it didn't have one already.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if a thread keyring is now present; -errno on failure.
  */
 static int install_thread_keyring(void)
 {
@@ -158,8 +165,6 @@ static int install_thread_keyring(void)
 	if (!new)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	BUG_ON(new->thread_keyring);
-
 	ret = install_thread_keyring_to_cred(new);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		abort_creds(new);
@@ -170,17 +175,17 @@ static int install_thread_keyring(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Install a process keyring directly to a credentials struct.
+ * Install a process keyring to the given credentials struct if it didn't have
+ * one already.  This is allowed to overrun the quota.
  *
- * Returns -EEXIST if there was already a process keyring, 0 if one installed,
- * and other value on any other error
+ * Return: 0 if a process keyring is now present; -errno on failure.
  */
 int install_process_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *new)
 {
 	struct key *keyring;
 
 	if (new->process_keyring)
-		return -EEXIST;
+		return 0;
 
 	keyring = keyring_alloc("_pid", new->uid, new->gid, new,
 				KEY_POS_ALL | KEY_USR_VIEW,
@@ -194,11 +199,9 @@ int install_process_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *new)
 }
 
 /*
- * Make sure a process keyring is installed for the current process.  The
- * existing process keyring is not replaced.
+ * Install a process keyring to the current task if it didn't have one already.
  *
- * Returns 0 if there is a process keyring by the end of this function, some
- * error otherwise.
+ * Return: 0 if a process keyring is now present; -errno on failure.
  */
 static int install_process_keyring(void)
 {
@@ -212,14 +215,18 @@ static int install_process_keyring(void)
 	ret = install_process_keyring_to_cred(new);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		abort_creds(new);
-		return ret != -EEXIST ? ret : 0;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	return commit_creds(new);
 }
 
 /*
- * Install a session keyring directly to a credentials struct.
+ * Install the given keyring as the session keyring of the given credentials
+ * struct, replacing the existing one if any.  If the given keyring is NULL,
+ * then install a new anonymous session keyring.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success; -errno on failure.
  */
 int install_session_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *cred, struct key *keyring)
 {
@@ -254,8 +261,11 @@ int install_session_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *cred, struct key *keyring)
 }
 
 /*
- * Install a session keyring, discarding the old one.  If a keyring is not
- * supplied, an empty one is invented.
+ * Install the given keyring as the session keyring of the current task,
+ * replacing the existing one if any.  If the given keyring is NULL, then
+ * install a new anonymous session keyring.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success; -errno on failure.
  */
 static int install_session_keyring(struct key *keyring)
 {
-- 
2.12.2.715.g7642488e1d-goog

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