[PATCH RFC 2/4] keys: add KEY_SPEC_IPE_KEYRING
Manuel Huber via B4 Relay
devnull+manuelh.nvidia.com at kernel.org
Mon Oct 19 21:40:26 UTC 2026
From: Manuel Huber <manuelh at nvidia.com>
The IPE policy keyring is allocated unlinked, so userspace would
otherwise have to scrape /proc/keys to name it.
Signed-off-by: Manuel Huber <manuelh at nvidia.com>
---
Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | 9 +++++++++
include/linux/key.h | 2 ++
include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h | 1 +
security/ipe/keyring.c | 1 +
security/keys/process_keys.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
index 326b8a973828..e4ecda5c2525 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
@@ -373,6 +373,15 @@ process making the call::
KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY -7 assumed request_key()
authorisation key
+There are also values that refer to a specific kernel keyring rather than to
+anything belonging to the caller. These keyrings are not linked into any
+keyring, so a search cannot reach them and the ID is the only way to name
+one::
+
+ CONSTANT VALUE KEY REFERENCED
+ ============================== ====== ===========================
+ KEY_SPEC_IPE_KEYRING -12 the ".ipe" keyring
+
The main syscalls are:
diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index 81b8f05c6898..9c2ac0c70d56 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ extern key_ref_t keyring_search(key_ref_t keyring,
extern int keyring_restrict(key_ref_t keyring, const char *type,
const char *restriction);
+extern void key_register_ipe_keyring(struct key *keyring);
+
extern struct key *key_lookup(key_serial_t id);
static inline key_serial_t key_serial(const struct key *key)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
index 4c8884eea808..e42fca286b15 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#define KEY_SPEC_GROUP_KEYRING -6 /* - key ID for GID-specific keyring */
#define KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY -7 /* - key ID for assumed request_key auth key */
#define KEY_SPEC_REQUESTOR_KEYRING -8 /* - key ID for request_key() dest keyring */
+#define KEY_SPEC_IPE_KEYRING -12 /* - key ID for the .ipe keyring */
/* request-key default keyrings */
#define KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_NO_CHANGE -1
diff --git a/security/ipe/keyring.c b/security/ipe/keyring.c
index ea8d164b62a6..5158dc7310a7 100644
--- a/security/ipe/keyring.c
+++ b/security/ipe/keyring.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int __init ipe_keyring_init(void)
}
ipe_keyring = keyring;
+ key_register_ipe_keyring(ipe_keyring);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
index a63c46bb2d14..20d6faefb75e 100644
--- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
+++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
/* Session keyring create vs join semaphore */
static DEFINE_MUTEX(key_session_mutex);
+/* IPE keyring reachable through KEY_SPEC_IPE_KEYRING */
+static struct key *ipe_keyring __ro_after_init;
+
/* The root user's tracking struct */
struct key_user root_key_user = {
.usage = REFCOUNT_INIT(3),
@@ -590,6 +593,18 @@ bool lookup_user_key_possessed(const struct key *key,
return key == match_data->raw_data;
}
+/**
+ * key_register_ipe_keyring - Publish the IPE keyring
+ * @keyring: The keyring to publish
+ *
+ * Make @keyring reachable by userspace through the KEY_SPEC_IPE_KEYRING
+ * special key ID. Called once, from an initcall, and never undone.
+ */
+void key_register_ipe_keyring(struct key *keyring)
+{
+ ipe_keyring = keyring;
+}
+
/*
* Look up a key ID given us by userspace with a given permissions mask to get
* the key it refers to.
@@ -741,6 +756,14 @@ key_ref_t lookup_user_key(key_serial_t id, unsigned long lflags,
key_ref = make_key_ref(key, 1);
break;
+ case KEY_SPEC_IPE_KEYRING:
+ key = ipe_keyring;
+ if (!key)
+ goto error;
+ __key_get(key);
+ key_ref = make_key_ref(key, 0);
+ break;
+
default:
key_ref = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
if (id < 1)
--
2.53.0
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