[PATCH v3 1/4] integrity: Check for NULL returned by asymmetric_key_public_key

Stefan Berger stefanb at linux.ibm.com
Thu Apr 16 15:40:36 UTC 2026


Check for a NULL pointer returned by asymmetric_key_public_key and return
-ENOKEY in this case.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.ibm.com>
---
 security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c b/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c
index 6e68ec3becbd..a791ad43b3fb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c
+++ b/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ int asymmetric_verify(struct key *keyring, const char *sig,
 	pks.hash_algo = hash_algo_name[hdr->hash_algo];
 
 	pk = asymmetric_key_public_key(key);
+	if (!pk) {
+		ret = -ENOKEY;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	pks.pkey_algo = pk->pkey_algo;
 	if (!strcmp(pk->pkey_algo, "rsa")) {
 		pks.encoding = "pkcs1";
-- 
2.53.0




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