[PATCH RESEND v6 0/3] certs: Prevent spurious errors on repeated blacklisting
Thomas Weißschuh
linux at weissschuh.net
Mon Jan 9 23:59:41 UTC 2023
When the blacklist keyring was changed to allow updates from the root
user it gained an ->update() function that disallows all updates.
When the a hash is blacklisted multiple times from the builtin or
firmware-provided blacklist this spams prominent logs during boot:
[ 0.890814] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13)
This affects the firmware of various vendors. Reported have been at least:
* Samsung: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1436856/
* Acer: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2478840
* MSI: https://forum.archlabslinux.com/t/blacklist-problem-blacklisting-hash-13-errors-on-boot/6674/7
* Micro-Star: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=278860
* Lenovo: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c8c65713-5cda-43ad-8018-20f2e32e4432@t-8ch.de/
Note: In the meantime I lost access to the machine exhibiting the
problematic behavior. If larger changes are required to this series
somebody else would have to validate them or take over the series.
Changelog:
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221104014704.3469-1-linux@weissschuh.net/
v1 -> v2:
* Improve logging message to include the failed hash
* Add key_create() function without update semantics
* Use key_create() from mark_raw_hash_blacklisted() and log specific message
on -EEXIST
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221109025019.1855-1-linux@weissschuh.net/
v2 -> v3:
* Clarify commit titles and messages
* Drop the change to BLACKLIST_KEY_PERM from patch 3, as it was an artifact
of some obsolete version of the patch and not needed
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221118040343.2958-1-linux@weissschuh.net/
v3 -> v4:
* Drop Fixes-tag from first patch
* Flesh out commit descriptions and messages
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-keys-blacklist-v4-0-00afeb3137fb@weissschuh.net
v4 -> v5:
* Reduce lines needed by function calls in key.c
* Add Reviewed-by from Jarkko
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212-keys-blacklist-v5-0-52e9eb5a8827@weissschuh.net
v5 -> v6:
* Correct Jarkkos email in Reviewed-by tags
* Resend to hopefully reach @kernel.org recipients
Thomas Weißschuh (3):
certs: log hash value on blacklist error
KEYS: Add key_create()
certs: don't try to update blacklist keys
certs/blacklist.c | 21 ++++---
include/linux/key.h | 8 +++
security/keys/key.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
--
2.38.1
To: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org>
To: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
To: James Morris <jmorris at namei.org>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge at hallyn.com>
To: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic at digikod.net>
Cc: keyrings at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Menzel <pmenzel at molgen.mpg.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux at weissschuh.net>
Cc: Mark Pearson <markpearson at lenovo.com>
---
Thomas Weißschuh (3):
certs: make blacklisted hash available in klog
KEYS: Add new function key_create()
certs: don't try to update blacklist keys
certs/blacklist.c | 21 ++++----
include/linux/key.h | 8 +++
security/keys/key.c | 137 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
3 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 512dee0c00ad9e9c7ae9f11fc6743702ea40caff
change-id: 20221212-keys-blacklist-2c79a64667c9
Best regards,
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Thomas Weißschuh <linux at weissschuh.net>
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