[PATCH v2 2/6] KEYS: Reject @desclen values >= KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE in key_alloc()
Jarkko Sakkinen
jarkko at kernel.org
Mon Oct 19 18:17:22 UTC 2026
@desclen in key_alloc() is saved to the 16-bit wide desc_len field in
struct keyring_index_key.
Reject @desclen values at or above KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE with -EINVAL in
order to account for the NUL terminator and prevent integer overflow.
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Fixes: f771fde82051 ("keys: Simplify key description management")
Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org>
---
include/linux/key.h | 2 ++
security/keys/key.c | 2 ++
security/keys/keyctl.c | 2 --
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index 26139c3adf62..fa88de9b5a9b 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ struct net;
#undef KEY_DEBUGGING
+#define KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE 4096
+
#define KEY_POS_VIEW 0x01000000 /* possessor can view a key's attributes */
#define KEY_POS_READ 0x02000000 /* possessor can read key payload / view keyring */
#define KEY_POS_WRITE 0x04000000 /* possessor can update key payload / add link to keyring */
diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c
index 6ebb8691551f..e9f8cacf00c8 100644
--- a/security/keys/key.c
+++ b/security/keys/key.c
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type, const char *desc,
}
desclen = strlen(desc);
+ if (desclen >= KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE)
+ goto error;
quotalen = desclen + 1 + type->def_datalen;
/* get hold of the key tracking for this user */
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 36ffba0ebba6..d6b10fd67627 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
#include <keys/request_key_auth-type.h>
#include "internal.h"
-#define KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE 4096
-
static const unsigned char keyrings_capabilities[2] = {
[0] = (KEYCTL_CAPS0_CAPABILITIES |
(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PERSISTENT_KEYRINGS) ? KEYCTL_CAPS0_PERSISTENT_KEYRINGS : 0) |
--
2.47.3
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