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authorMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2016-02-05 19:28:22 +0000
committerMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2016-02-05 19:28:22 +0000
commitcd6f5814252060db2d38f57c602db33696c549c0 (patch)
tree0bcf23a07f1316cb57f0127e5b1622fea59c3e8e /security/keys/keyctl.c
parentd235b7b42ab59e2e616082a0735b3bcc76685c7b (diff)
parente14ca734b547e3187713441909897aefdf4e4016 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.10.96' into linux-linaro-lsk-v3.10lsk-v3.10-16.02
This is the 3.10.96 stable release
Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/keyctl.c')
-rw-r--r--security/keys/keyctl.c18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 33cfd27b4de2..3242195bfa95 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -744,16 +744,16 @@ long keyctl_read_key(key_serial_t keyid, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen)
/* the key is probably readable - now try to read it */
can_read_key:
- ret = key_validate(key);
- if (ret == 0) {
- ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (key->type->read) {
- /* read the data with the semaphore held (since we
- * might sleep) */
- down_read(&key->sem);
+ ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ if (key->type->read) {
+ /* Read the data with the semaphore held (since we might sleep)
+ * to protect against the key being updated or revoked.
+ */
+ down_read(&key->sem);
+ ret = key_validate(key);
+ if (ret == 0)
ret = key->type->read(key, buffer, buflen);
- up_read(&key->sem);
- }
+ up_read(&key->sem);
}
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