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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-11 08:55:49 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-11 08:55:49 -0700
commitf6f79190866d5b2d06a2114d673f91f54e7c7ce4 (patch)
tree025bc2ff00351c71a719cb5bc2aa3f59133400f6 /Documentation/keys.txt
parent0d03d59d9b31cd1e33b7e46a80b6fef66244b1f2 (diff)
parenta3c8b97396ef42edfb845788ba6f53b2a93ce980 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: (57 commits) binfmt_elf: fix PT_INTERP bss handling TPM: Fixup boot probe timeout for tpm_tis driver sysfs: Add labeling support for sysfs LSM/SELinux: inode_{get,set,notify}secctx hooks to access LSM security context information. VFS: Factor out part of vfs_setxattr so it can be called from the SELinux hook for inode_setsecctx. KEYS: Add missing linux/tracehook.h #inclusions KEYS: Fix default security_session_to_parent() Security/SELinux: includecheck fix kernel/sysctl.c KEYS: security_cred_alloc_blank() should return int under all circumstances IMA: open new file for read KEYS: Add a keyctl to install a process's session keyring on its parent [try #6] KEYS: Extend TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME to (almost) all architectures [try #6] KEYS: Do some whitespace cleanups [try #6] KEYS: Make /proc/keys use keyid not numread as file position [try #6] KEYS: Add garbage collection for dead, revoked and expired keys. [try #6] KEYS: Flag dead keys to induce EKEYREVOKED [try #6] KEYS: Allow keyctl_revoke() on keys that have SETATTR but not WRITE perm [try #6] KEYS: Deal with dead-type keys appropriately [try #6] CRED: Add some configurable debugging [try #6] selinux: Support for the new TUN LSM hooks ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt
index b56aacc1fff..e4dbbdb1bd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This document has the following sections:
- Notes on accessing payload contents
- Defining a key type
- Request-key callback service
- - Key access filesystem
+ - Garbage collection
============
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ Each key has a number of attributes:
(*) Dead. The key's type was unregistered, and so the key is now useless.
+Keys in the last three states are subject to garbage collection. See the
+section on "Garbage collection".
+
====================
KEY SERVICE OVERVIEW
@@ -754,6 +757,26 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
successful.
+ (*) Install the calling process's session keyring on its parent.
+
+ long keyctl(KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT);
+
+ This functions attempts to install the calling process's session keyring
+ on to the calling process's parent, replacing the parent's current session
+ keyring.
+
+ The calling process must have the same ownership as its parent, the
+ keyring must have the same ownership as the calling process, the calling
+ process must have LINK permission on the keyring and the active LSM module
+ mustn't deny permission, otherwise error EPERM will be returned.
+
+ Error ENOMEM will be returned if there was insufficient memory to complete
+ the operation, otherwise 0 will be returned to indicate success.
+
+ The keyring will be replaced next time the parent process leaves the
+ kernel and resumes executing userspace.
+
+
===============
KERNEL SERVICES
===============
@@ -1231,3 +1254,17 @@ by executing:
In this case, the program isn't required to actually attach the key to a ring;
the rings are provided for reference.
+
+
+==================
+GARBAGE COLLECTION
+==================
+
+Dead keys (for which the type has been removed) will be automatically unlinked
+from those keyrings that point to them and deleted as soon as possible by a
+background garbage collector.
+
+Similarly, revoked and expired keys will be garbage collected, but only after a
+certain amount of time has passed. This time is set as a number of seconds in:
+
+ /proc/sys/kernel/keys/gc_delay