FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KEYS: trusted: fix writing past end of buffer in" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

[<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-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 <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

thanks,

greg k-h

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

>From a3c812f7cfd80cf51e8f5b7034f7418f6beb56c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 00:47:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] KEYS: trusted: fix writing past end of buffer in
 trusted_read()

When calling keyctl_read() on a key of type "trusted", if the
user-supplied buffer was too small, the kernel ignored the buffer length
and just wrote past the end of the buffer, potentially corrupting
userspace memory.  Fix it by instead returning the size required, as per
the documentation for keyctl_read().

We also don't even fill the buffer at all in this case, as this is
slightly easier to implement than doing a short read, and either
behavior appears to be permitted.  It also makes it match the behavior
of the "encrypted" key type.

Fixes: d00a1c72f7f4 ("keys: add new trusted key-type")
Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v2.6.38+
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/security/keys/trusted.c b/security/keys/trusted.c
index bd85315cbfeb..98aa89ff7bfd 100644
--- a/security/keys/trusted.c
+++ b/security/keys/trusted.c
@@ -1147,20 +1147,21 @@ static long trusted_read(const struct key *key, char __user *buffer,
 	p = dereference_key_locked(key);
 	if (!p)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!buffer || buflen <= 0)
-		return 2 * p->blob_len;
-	ascii_buf = kmalloc(2 * p->blob_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ascii_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	bufp = ascii_buf;
-	for (i = 0; i < p->blob_len; i++)
-		bufp = hex_byte_pack(bufp, p->blob[i]);
-	if ((copy_to_user(buffer, ascii_buf, 2 * p->blob_len)) != 0) {
+	if (buffer && buflen >= 2 * p->blob_len) {
+		ascii_buf = kmalloc(2 * p->blob_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!ascii_buf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		bufp = ascii_buf;
+		for (i = 0; i < p->blob_len; i++)
+			bufp = hex_byte_pack(bufp, p->blob[i]);
+		if (copy_to_user(buffer, ascii_buf, 2 * p->blob_len) != 0) {
+			kzfree(ascii_buf);
+			return -EFAULT;
+		}
 		kzfree(ascii_buf);
-		return -EFAULT;
 	}
-	kzfree(ascii_buf);
 	return 2 * p->blob_len;
 }