From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 08:51:18 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: [PATCH] Keys: Fix permissions check for update vs add
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.15-rc5~52
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=db1d1d57e97700b4131fe80556dc6ef976d534c4;p=~shefty%2Frdma-dev.git

[PATCH] Keys: Fix permissions check for update vs add

Permit add_key() to once again update a matching key rather than adding a
new one if a matching key already exists in the target keyring.

This bug causes add_key() to always add a new key, displacing the old from
the target keyring.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
---

diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c
index c7a0ab1cfda..4e9fa8be44b 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyring.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyring.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ key_ref_t __keyring_search_one(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
 			    (!key->type->match ||
 			     key->type->match(key, description)) &&
 			    key_permission(make_key_ref(key, possessed),
-					   perm) < 0 &&
+					   perm) == 0 &&
 			    !test_bit(KEY_FLAG_REVOKED, &key->flags)
 			    )
 				goto found;