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Diffstat (limited to 'security')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/keys/keyring.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c index 2fb2bc9712a..29de5ee3457 100644 --- a/security/keys/keyring.c +++ b/security/keys/keyring.c @@ -705,13 +705,14 @@ int __key_link(struct key *keyring, struct key *key) if (keyring->type != &key_type_keyring) goto error; - /* serialise link/link calls to prevent parallel calls causing a - * cycle when applied to two keyring in opposite orders */ - down_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem); - - /* check that we aren't going to create a cycle adding one keyring to - * another */ + /* do some special keyring->keyring link checks */ if (key->type == &key_type_keyring) { + /* serialise link/link calls to prevent parallel calls causing + * a cycle when applied to two keyring in opposite orders */ + down_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem); + + /* check that we aren't going to create a cycle adding one + * keyring to another */ ret = keyring_detect_cycle(keyring, key); if (ret < 0) goto error2; @@ -814,7 +815,8 @@ int __key_link(struct key *keyring, struct key *key) done: ret = 0; error2: - up_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem); + if (key->type == &key_type_keyring) + up_write(&keyring_serialise_link_sem); error: return ret; |