commit fd15b457a8 upstream.
A: request_key() B: KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV
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create auth key
store rka in auth key
wait for helper
get auth key
load rka from auth key
copy user payload
sleep on #PF
helper completed
detach and free rka
destroy auth key
wake up
use rka->target_key
**USE-AFTER-FREE**
Give request_key_auth payloads a refcount. Take a payload reference while
authkey->sem stabilizes the payload and revocation state. Hold that
reference across the instantiate and reject paths. Drop the auth key
owning reference from revoke and destroy.
[jarkko: Replaced the first two paragraphs of text with an actual
concurrency scenario.]
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.10+
Fixes: b5f545c880 ("[PATCH] keys: Permit running process to instantiate keys")
Reported-by: Shaomin Chen <eeesssooo020@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260519144403.436694-1-eeesssooo020@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Shaomin Chen <eeesssooo020@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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