[PATCH 1/2] keys: request_key: replace BUG with return -EINVAL

Mohammed EL Kadiri <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:04:07 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.keyrings,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-security-module
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Replace BUG() in construct_get_dest_keyring() default case
with return -EINVAL to handle the unimplemented group keyring
destination gracefully.

Signed-off-by: Mohammed EL Kadiri <[email protected]>
---
 security/keys/request_key.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c
index a7673ad86d18..fa2bb9f2f538 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int construct_get_dest_keyring(struct key **_dest_keyring)
 
 		case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_GROUP_KEYRING:
 		default:
-			BUG();
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
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