FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: fix dereference of NULL user_key_payload" failed to apply to 3.18-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 3.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:37:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: fix dereference of NULL user_key_payload

A key of type "encrypted" references a "master key" which is used to encrypt and decrypt the encrypted key's payload. However, when we accessed the master key's payload, we failed to handle the case where the master key has been revoked, which sets the payload pointer to NULL. Note that request_key() *does* skip revoked keys, but there is still a window where the key can be revoked before we acquire its semaphore.

Fix it by checking for a NULL payload, treating it like a key which was already revoked at the time it was requested.

This was an issue for master keys of type "user" only. Master keys can also be of type "trusted", but those cannot be revoked.

index 69855ba0d3b3..535db141f4da 100644
@@ -309,6 +309,13 @@ static struct key *request_user_key(const char *master_desc, const u8 **master_k
 
 	down_read(&ukey->sem);
 	upayload = user_key_payload_locked(ukey);
+	if (!upayload) {
+		/* key was revoked before we acquired its semaphore */
+		up_read(&ukey->sem);
+		key_put(ukey);
+		ukey = ERR_PTR(-EKEYREVOKED);
+		goto error;
+	}
 	*master_key = upayload->data;
 	*master_keylen = upayload->datalen;
 error: