From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28745C169C4 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2019 22:26:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAB0C218B0 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2019 22:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725981AbfBFW05 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2019 17:26:57 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:43154 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725959AbfBFW05 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2019 17:26:57 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE53C89AF2; Wed, 6 Feb 2019 22:26:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from warthog.procyon.org.uk (ovpn-121-129.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.121.129]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9138B45A8; Wed, 6 Feb 2019 22:26:54 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <754d6ccb4012fc11c7b9369e66ba7f3e816fdb57.1548400400.git.geliangtang@gmail.com> References: <754d6ccb4012fc11c7b9369e66ba7f3e816fdb57.1548400400.git.geliangtang@gmail.com> To: Geliang Tang Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, James Morris , "Serge E. Hallyn" , keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] security: keys: add NULL checking for key->type->instantiate MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <31394.1549492013.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 22:26:53 +0000 Message-ID: <31395.1549492013@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.26]); Wed, 06 Feb 2019 22:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Sender: owner-linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: Geliang Tang wrote: > key->type->instantiate can be NULL, add NULL checking to prevent > NULL pointer dereference in __key_instantiate_and_link(). Do you have an oops report or test case for this? David