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-rw-r--r--security/keys/keyring.c18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c
index 8ec02746ca9..e031952a49e 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyring.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyring.c
@@ -524,9 +524,8 @@ struct key *find_keyring_by_name(const char *name, bool skip_perm_check)
struct key *keyring;
int bucket;
- keyring = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
if (!name)
- goto error;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
bucket = keyring_hash(name);
@@ -553,17 +552,18 @@ struct key *find_keyring_by_name(const char *name, bool skip_perm_check)
KEY_SEARCH) < 0)
continue;
- /* we've got a match */
- atomic_inc(&keyring->usage);
- read_unlock(&keyring_name_lock);
- goto error;
+ /* we've got a match but we might end up racing with
+ * key_cleanup() if the keyring is currently 'dead'
+ * (ie. it has a zero usage count) */
+ if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&keyring->usage))
+ continue;
+ goto out;
}
}
- read_unlock(&keyring_name_lock);
keyring = ERR_PTR(-ENOKEY);
-
- error:
+out:
+ read_unlock(&keyring_name_lock);
return keyring;
} /* end find_keyring_by_name() */