Merge tag 'v4.4.73' into toradex_vf_4.4-nextColibri-VF_LXDE-Image_2.7b3-20170630

This is the 4.4.73 stable release

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 1c3872aeed14..671709d8610d 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,
 	/* pull the payload in if one was supplied */
 	payload = NULL;
 
-	if (_payload) {
+	if (plen) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!payload) {
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ error:
  * Create and join an anonymous session keyring or join a named session
  * keyring, creating it if necessary.  A named session keyring must have Search
  * permission for it to be joined.  Session keyrings without this permit will
- * be skipped over.
+ * be skipped over.  It is not permitted for userspace to create or join
+ * keyrings whose name begin with a dot.
  *
  * If successful, the ID of the joined session keyring will be returned.
  */
@@ -288,12 +289,16 @@ long keyctl_join_session_keyring(const char __user *_name)
 			ret = PTR_ERR(name);
 			goto error;
 		}
+
+		ret = -EPERM;
+		if (name[0] == '.')
+			goto error_name;
 	}
 
 	/* join the session */
 	ret = join_session_keyring(name);
+error_name:
 	kfree(name);
-
 error:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -322,7 +327,7 @@ long keyctl_update_key(key_serial_t id,
 
 	/* pull the payload in if one was supplied */
 	payload = NULL;
-	if (_payload) {
+	if (plen) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!payload)
@@ -1223,8 +1228,8 @@ error:
  * Read or set the default keyring in which request_key() will cache keys and
  * return the old setting.
  *
- * If a process keyring is specified then this will be created if it doesn't
- * yet exist.  The old setting will be returned if successful.
+ * If a thread or process keyring is specified then it will be created if it
+ * doesn't yet exist.  The old setting will be returned if successful.
  */
 long keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(int reqkey_defl)
 {
@@ -1249,11 +1254,8 @@ long keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(int reqkey_defl)
 
 	case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_PROCESS_KEYRING:
 		ret = install_process_keyring_to_cred(new);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (ret != -EEXIST)
-				goto error;
-			ret = 0;
-		}
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto error;
 		goto set;
 
 	case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_DEFAULT: