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-rw-r--r--security/keys/keyctl.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 1c3872aeed14..4ffb51ff0a61 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -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;
}