linux/security
David Howells b59ec78cdc keys: don't need to use RCU in keyring_read() as semaphore is held
keyring_read() doesn't need to use rcu_dereference() to access the keyring
payload as the caller holds the key semaphore to prevent modifications
from happening whilst the data is read out.

This should solve the following warning:

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[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
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security/keys/keyring.c:204 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
1 lock held by keyctl/2144:
 #0:  (&key->sem){+++++.}, at: [<ffffffff81177f7c>] keyctl_read_key+0x9c/0xcf

stack backtrace:
Pid: 2144, comm: keyctl Not tainted 2.6.34-rc2-cachefs #113
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8105121f>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xaa/0xb2
 [<ffffffff811762d5>] keyring_read+0x4d/0xe7
 [<ffffffff81177f8c>] keyctl_read_key+0xac/0xcf
 [<ffffffff811788d4>] sys_keyctl+0x75/0xb9
 [<ffffffff81001eeb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2010-04-28 08:37:15 +10:00
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integrity/ima include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
keys keys: don't need to use RCU in keyring_read() as semaphore is held 2010-04-28 08:37:15 +10:00
selinux SELinux: Reduce max avtab size to avoid page allocation failures 2010-04-15 09:26:01 +10:00
smack include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
tomoyo include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
capability.c Security: add static to security_ops and default_security_ops variable 2010-02-24 08:11:02 +11:00
commoncap.c syslog: clean up needless comment 2010-02-05 17:48:51 +11:00
device_cgroup.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
inode.c security: testing the wrong variable in create_by_name() 2010-04-22 21:17:41 +10:00
Kconfig remove CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES compile option 2009-11-24 15:06:47 +11:00
lsm_audit.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
Makefile NOMMU: Optimise away the {dac_,}mmap_min_addr tests 2009-12-17 09:25:19 +11:00
min_addr.c security/min_addr.c: make init_mmap_min_addr() static 2009-12-17 09:24:22 +11:00
security.c Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2010-03-01 09:36:31 +11:00