Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] KEYS: Reject descriptions larger than KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE

From: Jarkko Sakkinen

Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 17:18:23 EST


On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 12:16:23AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 08:43:20PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>
> There is only case in key_alloc() where index_key.desc_len is not set:
>
> desclen = strlen(desc);
> if (desclen >= KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE)
> goto error;
>
>
> Other sites match to:
>
> static int keyring_index_key_set_desc(void *desc, int desclen)
static inline int keyring_index_key_set_desc(struct keyring_index_key *index_key, void *desc, int desclen)
> {
> desclen = strlen(index_key.description);
> if (desclen >= KEY_MAX_DESC_SIZE) {
> return -EINVAL;
> }
> index_key->desc_len = desclen;

return 0;
> }


Br, Jarkko