Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] keys: Address lookup_user_key() mutability
From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Sun Oct 04 2026 - 13:59:18 EST
On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 08:55:16AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> The main objective in these patches is to remove to unneeded mutability
> from key look ups. It does harm and brings no value so it is pretty obvious
> to me that addressing this harmful behaviour is what we should do.
>
> I based the first patch on what Jann suggested in [1]. Nothing too clever here
> and I'm ofc open for further suggestions.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/keyrings/CAG48ez0XjVSR=M--UBauTm8sJuc+ZbhKzaPa3a6wrSVHyoKevw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Jarkko Sakkinen (2):
> keys: Return user session keyring on lookup
> keys: Reject keyring creation with overridden credentials
>
> Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | 7 ++-
> security/keys/process_keys.c | 65 +++++++++++++++-------------
> 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.47.3
>
So.. should I move forward to with non-RFC v2?
Note that some tags (e.g., Fixes) are missing simply because this is RFC.
Br, Jarkko