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Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/keyctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/keys/keyctl.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c index 305ecb76519c..5d34b4e827d6 100644 --- a/security/keys/keyctl.c +++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ static int key_get_type_from_user(char *type, * Extract the description of a new key from userspace and either add it as a * new key to the specified keyring or update a matching key in that keyring. * + * If the description is NULL or an empty string, the key type is asked to + * generate one from the payload. + * * The keyring must be writable so that we can attach the key to it. * * If successful, the new key's serial number is returned, otherwise an error @@ -72,10 +75,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type, if (ret < 0) goto error; - description = strndup_user(_description, PAGE_SIZE); - if (IS_ERR(description)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(description); - goto error; + description = NULL; + if (_description) { + description = strndup_user(_description, PAGE_SIZE); + if (IS_ERR(description)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(description); + goto error; + } + if (!*description) { + kfree(description); + description = NULL; + } } /* pull the payload in if one was supplied */ |