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keys: Do not cache key in task struct if key is requested from kernel thread 

[ Upstream commit 47f9e4c924 ]

The key which gets cached in task structure from a kernel thread does not
get invalidated even after expiry.  Due to which, a new key request from
kernel thread will be served with the cached key if it's present in task
struct irrespective of the key validity.  The change is to not cache key in
task_struct when key requested from kernel thread so that kernel thread
gets a valid key on every key request.

The problem has been seen with the cifs module doing DNS lookups from a
kernel thread and the results getting pinned by being attached to that
kernel thread's cache - and thus not something that can be easily got rid
of.  The cache would ordinarily be cleared by notify-resume, but kernel
threads don't do that.

This isn't seen with AFS because AFS is doing request_key() within the
kernel half of a user thread - which will do notify-resume.

Fixes: 7743c48e54 ("keys: Cache result of request_key*() temporarily in task_struct")
Signed-off-by: Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
cc: Shyam Prasad N <nspmangalore@gmail.com>
cc: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
cc: keyrings@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAGypqWw951d=zYRbdgNR4snUDvJhWL=q3=WOyh7HhSJupjz2vA@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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David Howells 2023-03-14 15:15:18 +00:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent ba6731828a
commit 90c229d345
1 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions
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@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ static void cache_requested_key(struct key *key)
#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS_REQUEST_CACHE
struct task_struct *t = current;
key_put(t->cached_requested_key);
t->cached_requested_key = key_get(key);
set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
/* Do not cache key if it is a kernel thread */
if (!(t->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
key_put(t->cached_requested_key);
t->cached_requested_key = key_get(key);
set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
}
#endif
}