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| -rw-r--r-- | security/keys/key.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c index cbae368c0e57..83da68d98b40 100644 --- a/security/keys/key.c +++ b/security/keys/key.c @@ -660,14 +660,11 @@ not_found: goto error; found: - /* pretend it doesn't exist if it is awaiting deletion */ - if (refcount_read(&key->usage) == 0) - goto not_found; - - /* this races with key_put(), but that doesn't matter since key_put() - * doesn't actually change the key + /* A key is allowed to be looked up only if someone still owns a + * reference to it - otherwise it's awaiting the gc. */ - __key_get(key); + if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&key->usage)) + goto not_found; error: spin_unlock(&key_serial_lock); |