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diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index d3880096922e..bde8d24af6ac 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -4468,23 +4468,63 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_skb_classify_flow);
#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+/**
+ * security_key_alloc() - Allocate and initialize a kernel key LSM blob
+ * @key: key
+ * @cred: credentials
+ * @flags: allocation flags
+ *
+ * Permit allocation of a key and assign security data. Note that key does not
+ * have a serial number assigned at this point.
+ *
+ * Return: Return 0 if permission is granted, -ve error otherwise.
+ */
int security_key_alloc(struct key *key, const struct cred *cred,
unsigned long flags)
{
return call_int_hook(key_alloc, 0, key, cred, flags);
}
+/**
+ * security_key_free() - Free a kernel key LSM blob
+ * @key: key
+ *
+ * Notification of destruction; free security data.
+ */
void security_key_free(struct key *key)
{
call_void_hook(key_free, key);
}
+/**
+ * security_key_permission() - Check if a kernel key operation is allowed
+ * @key_ref: key reference
+ * @cred: credentials of actor requesting access
+ * @need_perm: requested permissions
+ *
+ * See whether a specific operational right is granted to a process on a key.
+ *
+ * Return: Return 0 if permission is granted, -ve error otherwise.
+ */
int security_key_permission(key_ref_t key_ref, const struct cred *cred,
enum key_need_perm need_perm)
{
return call_int_hook(key_permission, 0, key_ref, cred, need_perm);
}
+/**
+ * security_key_getsecurity() - Get the key's security label
+ * @key: key
+ * @buffer: security label buffer
+ *
+ * Get a textual representation of the security context attached to a key for
+ * the purposes of honouring KEYCTL_GETSECURITY. This function allocates the
+ * storage for the NUL-terminated string and the caller should free it.
+ *
+ * Return: Returns the length of @buffer (including terminating NUL) or -ve if
+ * an error occurs. May also return 0 (and a NULL buffer pointer) if
+ * there is no security label assigned to the key.
+ */
int security_key_getsecurity(struct key *key, char **_buffer)
{
*_buffer = NULL;