Merge branch 'modules-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux

Pull module signing support from Rusty Russell:
 "module signing is the highlight, but it's an all-over David Howells frenzy..."

Hmm "Magrathea: Glacier signing key". Somebody has been reading too much HHGTTG.

* 'modules-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: (37 commits)
  X.509: Fix indefinite length element skip error handling
  X.509: Convert some printk calls to pr_devel
  asymmetric keys: fix printk format warning
  MODSIGN: Fix 32-bit overflow in X.509 certificate validity date checking
  MODSIGN: Make mrproper should remove generated files.
  MODSIGN: Use utf8 strings in signer's name in autogenerated X.509 certs
  MODSIGN: Use the same digest for the autogen key sig as for the module sig
  MODSIGN: Sign modules during the build process
  MODSIGN: Provide a script for generating a key ID from an X.509 cert
  MODSIGN: Implement module signature checking
  MODSIGN: Provide module signing public keys to the kernel
  MODSIGN: Automatically generate module signing keys if missing
  MODSIGN: Provide Kconfig options
  MODSIGN: Provide gitignore and make clean rules for extra files
  MODSIGN: Add FIPS policy
  module: signature checking hook
  X.509: Add a crypto key parser for binary (DER) X.509 certificates
  MPILIB: Provide a function to read raw data into an MPI
  X.509: Add an ASN.1 decoder
  X.509: Add simple ASN.1 grammar compiler
  ...

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 305ecb76519c..5d34b4e827d6 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ static int key_get_type_from_user(char *type,
  * Extract the description of a new key from userspace and either add it as a
  * new key to the specified keyring or update a matching key in that keyring.
  *
+ * If the description is NULL or an empty string, the key type is asked to
+ * generate one from the payload.
+ *
  * The keyring must be writable so that we can attach the key to it.
  *
  * If successful, the new key's serial number is returned, otherwise an error
@@ -72,10 +75,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	description = strndup_user(_description, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (IS_ERR(description)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(description);
-		goto error;
+	description = NULL;
+	if (_description) {
+		description = strndup_user(_description, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (IS_ERR(description)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(description);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		if (!*description) {
+			kfree(description);
+			description = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* pull the payload in if one was supplied */