linux/security/keys/permission.c

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/* Key permission checking
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * Written by David Howells ([email protected])
 */

#include <linux/export.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.
 * @need_perm: The permission required.
 *
 * 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,
			enum key_need_perm need_perm)
{ … }
EXPORT_SYMBOL(…);

/**
 * 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 * the key has been revoked or -EKEYEXPIRED if the key has expired.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)
{ … }
EXPORT_SYMBOL(…);