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KEYS: Add an optional lookup_restriction hook to key_type

The restrict_link functions used to validate keys as they are linked
to a keyring can be associated with specific key types.  Each key type
may be loaded (or not) at runtime, so lookup of restrict_link
functions needs to be part of the key type implementation to ensure
that the requested keys can be examined.

Signed-off-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>
Mat Martineau 9 years ago
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  1. 9 0
      Documentation/security/keys.txt
  2. 8 0
      include/linux/key-type.h

+ 9 - 0
Documentation/security/keys.txt

@@ -1445,6 +1445,15 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory:
      	 The authorisation key.
 
 
+ (*) struct key_restriction *(*lookup_restriction)(const char *params);
+
+     This optional method is used to enable userspace configuration of keyring
+     restrictions. The restriction parameter string (not including the key type
+     name) is passed in, and this method returns a pointer to a key_restriction
+     structure containing the relevant functions and data to evaluate each
+     attempted key link operation. If there is no match, -EINVAL is returned.
+
+
 ============================
 REQUEST-KEY CALLBACK SERVICE
 ============================

+ 8 - 0
include/linux/key-type.h

@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ struct key_type {
 	 */
 	request_key_actor_t request_key;
 
+	/* Look up a keyring access restriction (optional)
+	 *
+	 * - NULL is a valid return value (meaning the requested restriction
+	 *   is known but will never block addition of a key)
+	 * - should return -EINVAL if the restriction is unknown
+	 */
+	struct key_restriction *(*lookup_restriction)(const char *params);
+
 	/* internal fields */
 	struct list_head	link;		/* link in types list */
 	struct lock_class_key	lock_class;	/* key->sem lock class */