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authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2019-06-19 18:10:15 +0300
committerDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2019-06-19 18:10:15 +0300
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keys: Fix request_key() lack of Link perm check on found key
The request_key() syscall allows a process to gain access to the 'possessor' permits of any key that grants it Search permission by virtue of request_key() not checking whether a key it finds grants Link permission to the caller. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ The main syscalls are:
/sbin/request-key will be invoked in an attempt to obtain a key. The
callout_info string will be passed as an argument to the program.
+ To link a key into the destination keyring the key must grant link
+ permission on the key to the caller and the keyring must grant write
+ permission.
+
See also Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst.