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permission.c
/* Key permission checking
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 */

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include "internal.h"

/**
 * key_task_permission - Check a key can be used
 * @key_ref: The key to check.
 * @cred: The credentials to use.
 * @perm: The permissions to check for.
 *
 * Check to see whether permission is granted to use a key in the desired way,
 * but permit the security modules to override.
 *
 * The caller must hold either a ref on cred or must hold the RCU readlock.
 *
 * Returns 0 if successful, -EACCES if access is denied based on the
 * permissions bits or the LSM check.
 */
int key_task_permission(const key_ref_t key_ref, const struct cred *cred,
			unsigned perm)
{
	struct key *key;
	key_perm_t kperm;
	int ret;

	key = key_ref_to_ptr(key_ref);

	/* use the second 8-bits of permissions for keys the caller owns */
	if (uid_eq(key->uid, cred->fsuid)) {
		kperm = key->perm >> 16;
		goto use_these_perms;
	}

	/* use the third 8-bits of permissions for keys the caller has a group
	 * membership in common with */
	if (gid_valid(key->gid) && key->perm & KEY_GRP_ALL) {
		if (gid_eq(key->gid, cred->fsgid)) {
			kperm = key->perm >> 8;
			goto use_these_perms;
		}

		ret = groups_search(cred->group_info, key->gid);
		if (ret) {
			kperm = key->perm >> 8;
			goto use_these_perms;
		}
	}

	/* otherwise use the least-significant 8-bits */
	kperm = key->perm;

use_these_perms:

	/* use the top 8-bits of permissions for keys the caller possesses
	 * - possessor permissions are additive with other permissions
	 */
	if (is_key_possessed(key_ref))
		kperm |= key->perm >> 24;

	kperm = kperm & perm & KEY_NEED_ALL;

	if (kperm != perm)
		return -EACCES;

	/* let LSM be the final arbiter */
	return security_key_permission(key_ref, cred, perm);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(key_task_permission);

/**
 * key_validate - Validate a key.
 * @key: The key to be validated.
 *
 * Check that a key is valid, returning 0 if the key is okay, -ENOKEY if the
 * key is invalidated, -EKEYREVOKED if the key's type has been removed or if
 * the key has been revoked or -EKEYEXPIRED if the key has expired.
 */
int key_validate(const struct key *key)
{
	unsigned long flags = READ_ONCE(key->flags);
	time64_t expiry = READ_ONCE(key->expiry);

	if (flags & (1 << KEY_FLAG_INVALIDATED))
		return -ENOKEY;

	/* check it's still accessible */
	if (flags & ((1 << KEY_FLAG_REVOKED) |
		     (1 << KEY_FLAG_DEAD)))
		return -EKEYREVOKED;

	/* check it hasn't expired */
	if (expiry) {
		if (ktime_get_real_seconds() >= expiry)
			return -EKEYEXPIRED;
	}

	return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(key_validate);

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