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authorMat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>2016-05-07 01:38:17 +0300
committerMat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>2017-04-05 00:10:11 +0300
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KEYS: Add an optional lookup_restriction hook to key_type
The restrict_link functions used to validate keys as they are linked to a keyring can be associated with specific key types. Each key type may be loaded (or not) at runtime, so lookup of restrict_link functions needs to be part of the key type implementation to ensure that the requested keys can be examined. Signed-off-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
index e35de987fc48..5fe04a7cc03d 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
@@ -1445,6 +1445,15 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory:
The authorisation key.
+ (*) struct key_restriction *(*lookup_restriction)(const char *params);
+
+ This optional method is used to enable userspace configuration of keyring
+ restrictions. The restriction parameter string (not including the key type
+ name) is passed in, and this method returns a pointer to a key_restriction
+ structure containing the relevant functions and data to evaluate each
+ attempted key link operation. If there is no match, -EINVAL is returned.
+
+
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REQUEST-KEY CALLBACK SERVICE
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