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KEYS: Fix RCU handling in key_gc_keyring()
authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tue, 4 May 2010 13:16:10 +0000 (14:16 +0100)
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Wed, 5 May 2010 01:39:23 +0000 (11:39 +1000)
commit66d449266096562f305af1e6efb7d1e03d8d259f
treefe94f3ebb044b5026b1062631b2d89e77c8b674e
parentd19c685175fd91684d2a1f338fd5a5fd151eb04c
KEYS: Fix RCU handling in key_gc_keyring()

key_gc_keyring() needs to either hold the RCU read lock or hold the keyring
semaphore if it's going to scan the keyring's list.  Given that it only needs
to read the key list, and it's doing so under a spinlock, the RCU read lock is
the thing to use.

Furthermore, the RCU check added in f4220863c1bddb93b22def12ce2576112605458b is
incorrect as holding the spinlock on key_serial_lock is not grounds for
assuming a keyring's pointer list can be read safely.  Instead, a simple
rcu_dereference() inside of the previously mentioned RCU read lock is what we
want.

Reported-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
security/keys/gc.c