security/keys/compat_dh.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/security/keys/compat_dh.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
security/keys/compat_dh.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 1076 bytes
- Lines
- 37
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Security And Isolation
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Touches user memory; correctness depends on fault-safe copying and privilege boundary handling.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/uaccess.hinternal.h
Detected Declarations
function Copyright
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/* 32-bit compatibility syscall for 64-bit systems for DH operations
*
* Copyright (C) 2016 Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
*/
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include "internal.h"
/*
* Perform the DH computation or DH based key derivation.
*
* If successful, 0 will be returned.
*/
long compat_keyctl_dh_compute(struct keyctl_dh_params __user *params,
char __user *buffer, size_t buflen,
struct compat_keyctl_kdf_params __user *kdf)
{
struct keyctl_kdf_params kdfcopy;
struct compat_keyctl_kdf_params compat_kdfcopy;
if (!kdf)
return __keyctl_dh_compute(params, buffer, buflen, NULL);
if (copy_from_user(&compat_kdfcopy, kdf, sizeof(compat_kdfcopy)) != 0)
return -EFAULT;
kdfcopy.hashname = compat_ptr(compat_kdfcopy.hashname);
kdfcopy.otherinfo = compat_ptr(compat_kdfcopy.otherinfo);
kdfcopy.otherinfolen = compat_kdfcopy.otherinfolen;
memcpy(kdfcopy.__spare, compat_kdfcopy.__spare,
sizeof(kdfcopy.__spare));
return __keyctl_dh_compute(params, buffer, buflen, &kdfcopy);
}
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/uaccess.h`, `internal.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function Copyright`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Security And Isolation.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
- This snippet crosses the user/kernel memory boundary; validate fault handling and access checks before translating the pattern.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.