[PATCH] KEYS: fix cred refcount leak in request_key_auth_new()

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Mon Sep 18 2017 - 14:35:36 EST


From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

In request_key_auth_new(), if alloc_key() or key_instantiate_and_link()
were to fail, we would leak a reference to the 'struct cred'. Currently
this can only happen if alloc_key() fails to to allocate memory. But it
still should be fixed, as it is a more severe bug waiting to happen.

Fixes: d84f4f992cbd ("CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials")
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/keys/request_key_auth.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
index afe9d22ab361..f2f29f13ecff 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target, const void *callout_info,
key_revoke(authkey);
key_put(authkey);
error_alloc:
+ put_cred(rka->cred);
key_put(rka->target_key);
key_put(rka->dest_keyring);
kfree(rka->callout_info);
--
2.14.1.690.gbb1197296e-goog