Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] certs: Remove panic() calls from system_trusted_keyring_init()

From: Mickaël Salaün
Date: Thu Mar 17 2022 - 04:29:32 EST



On 17/03/2022 08:36, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 06:47:41PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Replace panic() calls from device_initcall(system_trusted_keyring_init)
with proper error handling using -ENODEV.

Suggested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Yik0C2t7G272YZ73@xxxxxx [1]
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220311174741.250424-3-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx
---
certs/system_keyring.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/certs/system_keyring.c b/certs/system_keyring.c
index 05b66ce9d1c9..428046a7aa7f 100644
--- a/certs/system_keyring.c
+++ b/certs/system_keyring.c
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ static __init int system_trusted_keyring_init(void)
KEY_USR_VIEW | KEY_USR_READ | KEY_USR_SEARCH),
KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA,
NULL, NULL);
- if (IS_ERR(builtin_trusted_keys))
- panic("Can't allocate builtin trusted keyring\n");
+ if (IS_ERR(builtin_trusted_keys)) {
+ pr_err("Can't allocate builtin trusted keyring\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
#ifdef CONFIG_SECONDARY_TRUSTED_KEYRING
secondary_trusted_keys =
@@ -161,14 +163,26 @@ static __init int system_trusted_keyring_init(void)
KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA,
get_builtin_and_secondary_restriction(),
NULL);
- if (IS_ERR(secondary_trusted_keys))
- panic("Can't allocate secondary trusted keyring\n");
+ if (IS_ERR(secondary_trusted_keys)) {
+ pr_err("Can't allocate secondary trusted keyring\n");
+ goto err_secondary;
+ }
- if (key_link(secondary_trusted_keys, builtin_trusted_keys) < 0)
- panic("Can't link trusted keyrings\n");
+ if (key_link(secondary_trusted_keys, builtin_trusted_keys) < 0) {
+ pr_err("Can't link trusted keyrings\n");
+ goto err_link;
+ }
#endif
return 0;
+
+err_link:
+ key_put(secondary_trusted_keys);
+
+err_secondary:
+ key_put(builtin_trusted_keys);
+
+ return -ENODEV;
}
/*
--
2.35.1


Changes make sense to me but you should implement all this to the original
patch set.

You agreed to add this patch on top of the others a few days ago: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f8b1ea77afe8d6698b4a2122254ff8be310412b1.camel@xxxxxxxxxx

What do you think about Paul's concerns?