[PATCH v5 1/3] KEYS: Introduce keyring_is_empty()
From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 22:20:31 EST
Introduce keyring_is_empty() in order to decouple for BPF, dm-verity and
fs-verity how keyring internally manages the keys.
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c | 2 +-
fs/verity/signature.c | 2 +-
include/linux/key.h | 1 +
kernel/bpf/keys.c | 2 +-
security/keys/keyring.c | 10 ++++++++++
.../selftests/dm-verity/test-dm-verity-keyring.sh | 2 +-
6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
index 0c65c7a31da8..bd5143aae4fa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int verity_verify_root_hash(const void *root_hash, size_t root_hash_len,
if (ret != -ENOKEY && ret != -EKEYREJECTED)
return ret;
- if (dm_verity_keyring->keys.nr_leaves_on_tree &&
+ if (!keyring_is_empty(dm_verity_keyring) &&
dm_verity_keyring->restrict_link)
ret = verify_pkcs7_signature(root_hash, root_hash_len,
sig_data, sig_len,
diff --git a/fs/verity/signature.c b/fs/verity/signature.c
index 2f49c5d9d987..b45b39b829b2 100644
--- a/fs/verity/signature.c
+++ b/fs/verity/signature.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int fsverity_verify_signature(const struct fsverity_info *vi,
return 0;
}
- if (fsverity_keyring->keys.nr_leaves_on_tree == 0) {
+ if (keyring_is_empty(fsverity_keyring)) {
/*
* The ".fs-verity" keyring is empty, due to builtin signatures
* being supported by the kernel but not actually being used.
diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h
index 420412aab926..9ff10b780865 100644
--- a/include/linux/key.h
+++ b/include/linux/key.h
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ extern int restrict_link_reject(struct key *keyring,
struct key *restriction_key);
extern int keyring_clear(struct key *keyring);
+bool keyring_is_empty(const struct key *keyring);
extern key_ref_t keyring_search(key_ref_t keyring,
struct key_type *type,
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/keys.c b/kernel/bpf/keys.c
index bffc356839ac..24e0416abc99 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/keys.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/keys.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct bpf_key *bpf_lookup_keyring(void)
if (!bpf_keyring)
return NULL;
- if (!READ_ONCE(bpf_keyring->keys.nr_leaves_on_tree) ||
+ if (keyring_is_empty(bpf_keyring) ||
!READ_ONCE(bpf_keyring->restrict_link))
return NULL;
diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c
index 5281da9d5bf7..ac48d6204915 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyring.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyring.c
@@ -443,6 +443,16 @@ static void keyring_destroy(struct key *keyring)
assoc_array_destroy(&keyring->keys, &keyring_assoc_array_ops);
}
+/**
+ * keyring_is_empty - Check whether a keyring is empty
+ * @keyring: The keyring to check.
+ */
+bool keyring_is_empty(const struct key *keyring)
+{
+ return READ_ONCE(keyring->keys.nr_leaves_on_tree) == 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(keyring_is_empty);
+
/*
* Describe a keyring for /proc.
*/
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/dm-verity/test-dm-verity-keyring.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/dm-verity/test-dm-verity-keyring.sh
index 1f9601ef22f8..792449d356cf 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/dm-verity/test-dm-verity-keyring.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/dm-verity/test-dm-verity-keyring.sh
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ test_keyring_inactive_when_empty() {
log_info "TEST: Verify dm-verity keyring is inactive when sealed empty"
# When keyring_unsealed=0, the keyring is sealed immediately while empty
- # This means it should NOT be used for verification (nr_leaves_on_tree=0)
+ # An empty keyring should NOT be used for verification.
log_info "Keyring state (should be empty and sealed):"
list_keyring_keys
--
2.47.3