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[2a02:3100:a16a:7801:fd8c:4b37:36b4:e53a]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-49ce47885b1sm7189615e9.14.2026.09.01.12.17.50 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Karl Mehltretter To: David Howells , Jarkko Sakkinen Cc: Karl Mehltretter , Paul Moore , James Morris , "Serge E. Hallyn" , keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v3] keys: finalize persistent keyring timeout after link attempt Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 21:17:43 +0200 Message-Id: <20260901191743.39210-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" When no keyring exists for the requested UID, KEYCTL_GET_PERSISTENT creates and registers one before linking it to the requested destination. The configured timeout is set only after the destination link succeeds. A destination restricted with KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING makes that link fail with -EPERM. With persistent_keyring_expiry set to 60 seconds, /proc/keys still reports the registered keyring's expiry as "perm". The failed call therefore leaves a quota-exempt keyring in the namespace's hidden register, where it may remain until namespace teardown. Rename the write-locked helper to key_get_or_create_persistent() and return the key reference through a result parameter. Return 0 when it creates a keyring and 1 when the retry finds an existing one. Return a negative error on failure. Another caller may create the keyring between the initial read-locked lookup and the retry under the write lock. Set the timeout after permission checking and linking. Do this on success, or on failure if the call allocated the keyring. This leaves a new keyring collectible after failure without starting its timeout while linking is still in progress. Fixes: f36f8c75ae2e ("KEYS: Add per-user_namespace registers for persistent= per-UID kerberos caches") Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter --- Changes in v3: - Return the persistent key reference through a result parameter (Jarkko). - Keep lookup-or-create atomic inside the helper and use 0 for creation, 1 for an existing keyring, and negative values only for errors. v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260901164323.35785-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com/ Changes in v2: - Rewrite the commit message around the restricted-destination reproducer and trim the explanation (Jarkko). - Track whether the persistent keyring was newly allocated and finalize its timeout after the permission and link checks. This preserves an existing keyring's timeout on failure and avoids expiry during linking. Tested with QEMU 10.2.1 TCG on i386 and x86_64. With persistent_keyring_expiry set to 60 seconds, KEYCTL_GET_PERSISTENT returned -EPERM and /proc/keys reported "perm" before the fix and "1m" after it on both architectures. Also tested on x86_64 with persistent_keyring_expiry set to 1 second and gc_delay set to 0. Successful calls reused the same serial, a newly created keyring from a failed call expired, and a failed call using an existing keyring left its timeout unchanged. A test-only two-second delay before timeout finalization did not allow the keyring to be collected before link. Two concurrent callers returned the same serial. A test-only 100 ms delay after the read-locked miss forced both callers into the write-locked retry and confirmed that the second caller took the 1 (existing) return path. security/keys/persistent.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/keys/persistent.c b/security/keys/persistent.c index 97af230aa4b22..e99929b81a1a2 100644 --- a/security/keys/persistent.c +++ b/security/keys/persistent.c @@ -33,25 +33,31 @@ static int key_create_persistent_register(struct user_n= amespace *ns) } =20 /* - * Create the persistent keyring for the specified user. + * Get or create the persistent keyring for the specified user. * * Called with the namespace's sem locked for writing. + * + * Return 0 if a keyring was created, 1 if an existing keyring was found, = or a + * negative error. On a nonnegative return, persistent_ref holds a refere= nce + * to the keyring. */ -static key_ref_t key_create_persistent(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t u= id, - struct keyring_index_key *index_key) +static int key_get_or_create_persistent(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t = uid, + struct keyring_index_key *index_key, + key_ref_t *persistent_ref) { struct key *persistent; - key_ref_t reg_ref, persistent_ref; + key_ref_t reg_ref; =20 if (!ns->persistent_keyring_register) { - long err =3D key_create_persistent_register(ns); + int err =3D key_create_persistent_register(ns); + if (err < 0) - return ERR_PTR(err); + return err; } else { reg_ref =3D make_key_ref(ns->persistent_keyring_register, true); - persistent_ref =3D find_key_to_update(reg_ref, index_key); - if (persistent_ref) - return persistent_ref; + *persistent_ref =3D find_key_to_update(reg_ref, index_key); + if (*persistent_ref) + return 1; } =20 persistent =3D keyring_alloc(index_key->description, @@ -61,9 +67,10 @@ static key_ref_t key_create_persistent(struct user_names= pace *ns, kuid_t uid, KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA, NULL, ns->persistent_keyring_register); if (IS_ERR(persistent)) - return ERR_CAST(persistent); + return PTR_ERR(persistent); =20 - return make_key_ref(persistent, true); + *persistent_ref =3D make_key_ref(persistent, true); + return 0; } =20 /* @@ -78,6 +85,7 @@ static long key_get_persistent(struct user_namespace *ns,= kuid_t uid, key_ref_t reg_ref, persistent_ref; char buf[32]; long ret; + bool created =3D false; =20 /* Look in the register if it exists */ memset(&index_key, 0, sizeof(index_key)); @@ -100,23 +108,24 @@ static long key_get_persistent(struct user_namespace = *ns, kuid_t uid, * also need to create the register. */ down_write(&ns->keyring_sem); - persistent_ref =3D key_create_persistent(ns, uid, &index_key); + ret =3D key_get_or_create_persistent(ns, uid, &index_key, + &persistent_ref); up_write(&ns->keyring_sem); - if (!IS_ERR(persistent_ref)) - goto found; - - return PTR_ERR(persistent_ref); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + created =3D ret =3D=3D 0; =20 found: + persistent =3D key_ref_to_ptr(persistent_ref); ret =3D key_task_permission(persistent_ref, current_cred(), KEY_NEED_LINK= ); - if (ret =3D=3D 0) { - persistent =3D key_ref_to_ptr(persistent_ref); + if (ret =3D=3D 0) ret =3D key_link(key_ref_to_ptr(dest_ref), persistent); - if (ret =3D=3D 0) { - key_set_timeout(persistent, persistent_keyring_expiry); - ret =3D persistent->serial; - } - } + + if (ret =3D=3D 0 || created) + key_set_timeout(persistent, persistent_keyring_expiry); + + if (ret =3D=3D 0) + ret =3D persistent->serial; =20 key_ref_put(persistent_ref); return ret; base-commit: 08dbfad3f5040f5bdb6c529da20d6d4e81fefd72 --=20 2.53.0