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NAME

       keyctl - manipulate the kernel's key management facility

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

       Alternatively, Linux Key Management Utilities (libkeyutils, -lkeyutils); see VERSIONS.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <linux/keyctl.h>     /* Definition of KEY* constants */
       #include <sys/syscall.h>      /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
       #include <unistd.h>

       long syscall(SYS_keyctl, int operation, unsigned long arg2,
                    unsigned long arg3, unsigned long arg4,
                    unsigned long arg5);

       Note: glibc provides no wrapper for keyctl(), necessitating the use of syscall(2).

DESCRIPTION

       keyctl() allows user-space programs to perform key manipulation.

       The  operation performed by keyctl() is determined by the value of the operation argument.
       Each of these operations is wrapped by the libkeyutils library (provided by  the  keyutils
       package) into individual functions (noted below) to permit the compiler to check types.

       The permitted values for operation are:

       KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Map a special key ID to a real key ID for this process.

              This  operation  looks  up  the  special  key whose ID is provided in arg2 (cast to
              key_serial_t).  If the special key is found, the ID of the corresponding  real  key
              is returned as the function result.  The following values may be specified in arg2:

              KEY_SPEC_THREAD_KEYRING
                     This   specifies   the   calling   thread's  thread-specific  keyring.   See
                     thread-keyring(7).

              KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING
                     This    specifies    the    caller's    process-specific    keyring.     See
                     process-keyring(7).

              KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING
                     This    specifies    the    caller's    session-specific    keyring.     See
                     session-keyring(7).

              KEY_SPEC_USER_KEYRING
                     This specifies the caller's UID-specific keyring.  See user-keyring(7).

              KEY_SPEC_USER_SESSION_KEYRING
                     This    specifies     the     caller's     UID-session     keyring.      See
                     user-session-keyring(7).

              KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY (since Linux 2.6.16)
                     This specifies the authorization key created by request_key(2) and passed to
                     the process it spawns to generate a key.  This key is available  only  in  a
                     request-key(8)-style  program  that  was  passed an authorization key by the
                     kernel  and  ceases  to  be  available  once  the  requested  key  has  been
                     instantiated; see request_key(2).

              KEY_SPEC_REQUESTOR_KEYRING (since Linux 2.6.29)
                     This  specifies the key ID for the request_key(2) destination keyring.  This
                     keyring is available only in a request-key(8)-style program that was  passed
                     an  authorization  key  by  the  kernel  and ceases to be available once the
                     requested key has been instantiated; see request_key(2).

              The behavior if the key specified in arg2 does not exist depends on  the  value  of
              arg3 (cast to int).  If arg3 contains a nonzero value, then—if it is appropriate to
              do so (e.g., when looking up the user, user-session, or session key)—a new  key  is
              created  and  its  real  key  ID  returned  as the function result.  Otherwise, the
              operation fails with the error ENOKEY.

              If a valid key ID is specified in arg2, and the key  exists,  then  this  operation
              simply  returns  the  key ID.  If the key does not exist, the call fails with error
              ENOKEY.

              The caller must have search permission on a keyring in order for it to be found.

              The arguments arg4 and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_get_keyring_ID(3).

       KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Replace the session keyring this process subscribes to with a new session keyring.

              If arg2 is NULL, an anonymous keyring with the description "_ses"  is  created  and
              the  process  is  subscribed to that keyring as its session keyring, displacing the
              previous session keyring.

              Otherwise, arg2 (cast to char *) is treated as the description (name) of a keyring,
              and the behavior is as follows:

              •  If  a  keyring  with  a matching description exists, the process will attempt to
                 subscribe to that keyring as its session keyring if possible;  if  that  is  not
                 possible,  an  error  is  returned.   In  order to subscribe to the keyring, the
                 caller must have search permission on the keyring.

              •  If a keyring with a matching description does not exist, then a new keyring with
                 the  specified  description  is  created,  and the process is subscribed to that
                 keyring as its session keyring.

              The arguments arg3, arg4, and arg5 are ignored.

              This    operation    is    exposed    by    libkeyutils    via     the     function
              keyctl_join_session_keyring(3).

       KEYCTL_UPDATE (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Update a key's data payload.

              The arg2 argument (cast to key_serial_t) specifies the ID of the key to be updated.
              The arg3 argument (cast to void *) points to the new  payload  and  arg4  (cast  to
              size_t) contains the new payload size in bytes.

              The  caller  must  have write permission on the key specified and the key type must
              support updating.

              A negatively instantiated  key  (see  the  description  of  KEYCTL_REJECT)  can  be
              positively instantiated with this operation.

              The arg5 argument is ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_update(3).

       KEYCTL_REVOKE (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Revoke  the  key  with  the ID provided in arg2 (cast to key_serial_t).  The key is
              scheduled for garbage collection; it will  no  longer  be  findable,  and  will  be
              unavailable for further operations.  Further attempts to use the key will fail with
              the error EKEYREVOKED.

              The caller must have write or setattr permission on the key.

              The arguments arg3, arg4, and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_revoke(3).

       KEYCTL_CHOWN (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Change the ownership (user and group ID) of a key.

              The arg2 argument (cast to key_serial_t) contains the key ID.   The  arg3  argument
              (cast  to  uid_t)  contains the new user ID (or -1 in case the user ID shouldn't be
              changed).  The arg4 argument (cast to gid_t) contains the new group ID  (or  -1  in
              case the group ID shouldn't be changed).

              The key must grant the caller setattr permission.

              For  the  UID  to be changed, or for the GID to be changed to a group the caller is
              not  a  member  of,  the  caller  must  have  the  CAP_SYS_ADMIN  capability   (see
              capabilities(7)).

              If  the UID is to be changed, the new user must have sufficient quota to accept the
              key.  The quota deduction will be removed from the old user to the new user  should
              the UID be changed.

              The arg5 argument is ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_chown(3).

       KEYCTL_SETPERM (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Change  the  permissions of the key with the ID provided in the arg2 argument (cast
              to key_serial_t) to  the  permissions  provided  in  the  arg3  argument  (cast  to
              key_perm_t).

              If  the caller doesn't have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, it can change permissions
              only for the keys it owns.  (More precisely: the caller's filesystem UID must match
              the UID of the key.)

              The  key  must  grant  setattr  permission to the caller regardless of the caller's
              capabilities.

              The permissions in arg3 specify masks of  available  operations  for  each  of  the
              following user categories:

              possessor (since Linux 2.6.14)
                     This  is  the permission granted to a process that possesses the key (has it
                     attached searchably to one of the process's keyrings); see keyrings(7).

              user   This is the permission granted to a process whose filesystem UID matches the
                     UID of the key.

              group  This  is  the permission granted to a process whose filesystem GID or any of
                     its supplementary GIDs matches the GID of the key.

              other  This is the permission granted to other processes that do not match the user
                     and group categories.

              The  user, group, and other categories are exclusive: if a process matches the user
              category, it will not receive permissions granted  in  the  group  category;  if  a
              process  matches  the  user or group category, then it will not receive permissions
              granted in the other category.

              The possessor category grants permissions that are cumulative with the grants  from
              the user, group, or other category.

              Each permission mask is eight bits in size, with only six bits currently used.  The
              available permissions are:

              view   This permission allows reading attributes of a key.

                     This permission is required for the KEYCTL_DESCRIBE operation.

                     The permission  bits  for  each  category  are  KEY_POS_VIEW,  KEY_USR_VIEW,
                     KEY_GRP_VIEW, and KEY_OTH_VIEW.

              read   This permission allows reading a key's payload.

                     This permission is required for the KEYCTL_READ operation.

                     The  permission  bits  for  each  category  are  KEY_POS_READ, KEY_USR_READ,
                     KEY_GRP_READ, and KEY_OTH_READ.

              write  This permission allows update or instantiation of a key's  payload.   For  a
                     keyring, it allows keys to be linked and unlinked from the keyring,

                     This   permission   is   required   for  the  KEYCTL_UPDATE,  KEYCTL_REVOKE,
                     KEYCTL_CLEAR, KEYCTL_LINK, and KEYCTL_UNLINK operations.

                     The permission bits for  each  category  are  KEY_POS_WRITE,  KEY_USR_WRITE,
                     KEY_GRP_WRITE, and KEY_OTH_WRITE.

              search This  permission  allows  keyrings  to  be  searched  and  keys to be found.
                     Searches can recurse only into nested keyrings that have  search  permission
                     set.

                     This    permission    is    required    for    the    KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID,
                     KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING,    KEYCTL_SEARCH,     and     KEYCTL_INVALIDATE
                     operations.

                     The  permission  bits  for each category are KEY_POS_SEARCH, KEY_USR_SEARCH,
                     KEY_GRP_SEARCH, and KEY_OTH_SEARCH.

              link   This permission allows a key or keyring to be linked to.

                     This permission is required for the KEYCTL_LINK and KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT
                     operations.

                     The  permission  bits  for  each  category  are  KEY_POS_LINK, KEY_USR_LINK,
                     KEY_GRP_LINK, and KEY_OTH_LINK.

              setattr (since Linux 2.6.15).
                     This permission allows a key's UID, GID, and permissions mask to be changed.

                     This  permission  is  required  for  the  KEYCTL_REVOKE,  KEYCTL_CHOWN,  and
                     KEYCTL_SETPERM operations.

                     The  permission bits for each category are KEY_POS_SETATTR, KEY_USR_SETATTR,
                     KEY_GRP_SETATTR, and KEY_OTH_SETATTR.

              As a convenience, the following  macros  are  defined  as  masks  for  all  of  the
              permission   bits  in  each  of  the  user  categories:  KEY_POS_ALL,  KEY_USR_ALL,
              KEY_GRP_ALL, and KEY_OTH_ALL.

              The arg4 and arg5 arguments are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_setperm(3).

       KEYCTL_DESCRIBE (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Obtain a string describing the attributes of a specified key.

              The ID of the key to be described is specified in arg2 (cast to key_serial_t).  The
              descriptive  string  is returned in the buffer pointed to by arg3 (cast to char *);
              arg4 (cast to size_t) specifies the size of that buffer in bytes.

              The key must grant the caller view permission.

              The returned string is null-terminated and contains the following information about
              the key:

                  type;uid;gid;perm;description

              In  the  above,  type and description are strings, uid and gid are decimal strings,
              and perm is a hexadecimal permissions mask.  The descriptive string is written with
              the following format:

                  %s;%d;%d;%08x;%s

              Note:  the  intention is that the descriptive string should be extensible in future
              kernel versions.  In particular, the description field will not contain semicolons;
              it  should  be  parsed  by working backwards from the end of the string to find the
              last semicolon.  This allows future semicolon-delimited fields to  be  inserted  in
              the descriptive string in the future.

              Writing  to  the  buffer  is attempted only when arg3 is non-NULL and the specified
              buffer size is large  enough  to  accept  the  descriptive  string  (including  the
              terminating  null  byte).   In  order  to determine whether the buffer size was too
              small, check to see if the return value of the operation is greater than arg4.

              The arg5 argument is ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_describe(3).

       KEYCTL_CLEAR
              Clear the contents of (i.e., unlink all keys from) a keyring.

              The ID of the key (which must be of keyring type) is  provided  in  arg2  (cast  to
              key_serial_t).

              The caller must have write permission on the keyring.

              The arguments arg3, arg4, and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_clear(3).

       KEYCTL_LINK (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Create a link from a keyring to a key.

              The  key  to  be linked is specified in arg2 (cast to key_serial_t); the keyring is
              specified in arg3 (cast to key_serial_t).

              If a key with the same type and description is already linked in the keyring,  then
              that key is displaced from the keyring.

              Before creating the link, the kernel checks the nesting of the keyrings and returns
              appropriate errors if the link would produce a cycle or if the nesting of  keyrings
              would be too deep (The limit on the nesting of keyrings is determined by the kernel
              constant KEYRING_SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH, defined with the value 6, and  is  necessary  to
              prevent overflows on the kernel stack when recursively searching keyrings).

              The caller must have link permission on the key being added and write permission on
              the keyring.

              The arguments arg4 and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_link(3).

       KEYCTL_UNLINK (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Unlink a key from a keyring.

              The ID of the key to be unlinked is specified in arg2 (cast to  key_serial_t);  the
              ID  of  the  keyring  from which it is to be unlinked is specified in arg3 (cast to
              key_serial_t).

              If the key is not currently linked into the keyring, an error results.

              The caller must have write permission on the keyring from which the  key  is  being
              removed.

              If  the  last  link  to  a  key  is  removed,  then  that key will be scheduled for
              destruction.

              The arguments arg4 and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_unlink(3).

       KEYCTL_SEARCH (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Search for a key in a keyring tree, returning its ID and optionally linking it to a
              specified keyring.

              The  tree to be searched is specified by passing the ID of the head keyring in arg2
              (cast to key_serial_t).  The search is performed breadth-first and recursively.

              The arg3 and arg4 arguments specify the key to  be  searched  for:  arg3  (cast  as
              char *) contains the key type (a null-terminated character string up to 32 bytes in
              size, including the terminating null byte), and arg4 (cast as char *) contains  the
              description  of  the  key  (a  null-terminated character string up to 4096 bytes in
              size, including the terminating null byte).

              The source keyring must grant search permission to the caller.  When performing the
              recursive  search,  only  keyrings  that grant the caller search permission will be
              searched.  Only keys with for which the caller has search permission can be found.

              If the key is found, its ID is returned as the function result.

              If the key is found and arg5 (cast to key_serial_t) is nonzero,  then,  subject  to
              the  same  constraints and rules as KEYCTL_LINK, the key is linked into the keyring
              whose ID is specified in arg5.   If  the  destination  keyring  specified  in  arg5
              already  contains a link to a key that has the same type and description, then that
              link will be displaced by a link to the key found by this operation.

              Instead of valid existing keyring IDs, the source  (arg2)  and  destination  (arg5)
              keyrings can be one of the special keyring IDs listed under KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_search(3).

       KEYCTL_READ (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Read the payload data of a key.

              The  ID  of  the  key  whose  payload  is  to be read is specified in arg2 (cast to
              key_serial_t).  This can be the ID of an existing key, or any of  the  special  key
              IDs listed for KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID.

              The  payload  is placed in the buffer pointed by arg3 (cast to char *); the size of
              that buffer must be specified in arg4 (cast to size_t).

              The returned data will be processed for presentation according  to  the  key  type.
              For  example,  a  keyring will return an array of key_serial_t entries representing
              the IDs of all the keys that are linked to it.  The user key type will  return  its
              data  as  is.   If a key type does not implement this function, the operation fails
              with the error EOPNOTSUPP.

              If arg3 is not NULL, as much of the payload data as will fit  is  copied  into  the
              buffer.   On  a successful return, the return value is always the total size of the
              payload data.  To determine whether the buffer was of sufficient size, check to see
              that the return value is less than or equal to the value supplied in arg4.

              The  key  must  either grant the caller read permission, or grant the caller search
              permission  when  searched  for  from  the  process  keyrings  (i.e.,  the  key  is
              possessed).

              The arg5 argument is ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_read(3).

       KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE (since Linux 2.6.10)
              (Positively) instantiate an uninstantiated key with a specified payload.

              The ID of the key to be instantiated is provided in arg2 (cast to key_serial_t).

              The key payload is specified in the buffer pointed to by arg3 (cast to void *); the
              size of that buffer is specified in arg4 (cast to size_t).

              The payload may be a null pointer and the buffer size may be 0 if this is supported
              by the key type (e.g., it is a keyring).

              The  operation  may  be  fail  if  the  payload  data  is in the wrong format or is
              otherwise invalid.

              If arg5 (cast to key_serial_t) is nonzero, then, subject to  the  same  constraints
              and  rules as KEYCTL_LINK, the instantiated key is linked into the keyring whose ID
              specified in arg5.

              The caller must have the appropriate authorization key, and once the uninstantiated
              key  has been instantiated, the authorization key is revoked.  In other words, this
              operation  is  available   only   from   a   request-key(8)-style   program.    See
              request_key(2) for an explanation of uninstantiated keys and key instantiation.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_instantiate(3).

       KEYCTL_NEGATE (since Linux 2.6.10)
              Negatively instantiate an uninstantiated key.

              This operation is equivalent to the call:

                  keyctl(KEYCTL_REJECT, arg2, arg3, ENOKEY, arg4);

              The arg5 argument is ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_negate(3).

       KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING (since Linux 2.6.13)
              Set  the default keyring to which implicitly requested keys will be linked for this
              thread, and return the previous setting.  Implicit key requests are those  made  by
              internal  kernel  components, such as can occur when, for example, opening files on
              an AFS or NFS filesystem.  Setting the default keyring  also  has  an  effect  when
              requesting a key from user space; see request_key(2) for details.

              The  arg2  argument  (cast  to  int) should contain one of the following values, to
              specify the new default keyring:

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_NO_CHANGE
                     Don't change the default keyring.  This can be used to discover the  current
                     default keyring (without changing it).

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_DEFAULT
                     This  selects  the  default  behaviour,  which is to use the thread-specific
                     keyring if there is one, otherwise the process-specific keyring if there  is
                     one,  otherwise  the  session  keyring  if  there is one, otherwise the UID-
                     specific session keyring, otherwise the user-specific keyring.

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING
                     Use the thread-specific  keyring  (thread-keyring(7))  as  the  new  default
                     keyring.

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_PROCESS_KEYRING
                     Use  the  process-specific  keyring  (process-keyring(7)) as the new default
                     keyring.

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_SESSION_KEYRING
                     Use the session-specific keyring (session-keyring(7))  as  the  new  default
                     keyring.

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_USER_KEYRING
                     Use the UID-specific keyring (user-keyring(7)) as the new default keyring.

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_USER_SESSION_KEYRING
                     Use  the  UID-specific  session keyring (user-session-keyring(7)) as the new
                     default keyring.

              KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_REQUESTOR_KEYRING (since Linux 2.6.29)
                     Use the requestor keyring.

              All other values are invalid.

              The arguments arg3, arg4, and arg5 are ignored.

              The setting controlled by this operation is inherited by the child of  fork(2)  and
              preserved across execve(2).

              This     operation     is    exposed    by    libkeyutils    via    the    function
              keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(3).

       KEYCTL_SET_TIMEOUT (since Linux 2.6.16)
              Set a timeout on a key.

              The ID of the key is specified in arg2 (cast to key_serial_t).  The timeout  value,
              in seconds from the current time, is specified in arg3 (cast to unsigned int).  The
              timeout is measured against the realtime clock.

              Specifying the timeout value as 0 clears any existing timeout on the key.

              The /proc/keys file displays the remaining time until each key will expire.   (This
              is the only method of discovering the timeout on a key.)

              The  caller  must  either  have  the  setattr  permission  on  the  key  or hold an
              instantiation authorization token for the key (see request_key(2)).

              The key and any links to the key will be automatically garbage collected after  the
              timeout  expires.   Subsequent  attempts  to access the key will then fail with the
              error EKEYEXPIRED.

              This operation cannot be used to set timeouts on revoked,  expired,  or  negatively
              instantiated keys.

              The arguments arg4 and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_set_timeout(3).

       KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY (since Linux 2.6.16)
              Assume (or divest) the authority for the calling thread to instantiate a key.

              The  arg2  argument  (cast  to  key_serial_t)  specifies either a nonzero key ID to
              assume authority, or the value 0 to divest authority.

              If arg2 is nonzero, then it specifies the ID of an  uninstantiated  key  for  which
              authority  is  to  be  assumed.   That  key  can  then be instantiated using one of
              KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE, KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV, KEYCTL_REJECT, or KEYCTL_NEGATE.   Once
              the key has been instantiated, the thread is automatically divested of authority to
              instantiate the key.

              Authority over a key can be assumed only if the calling thread has present  in  its
              keyrings  the  authorization  key  that  is associated with the specified key.  (In
              other words,  the  KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY  operation  is  available  only  from  a
              request-key(8)-style  program;  see  request_key(2)  for an explanation of how this
              operation is used.)  The caller must have search permission  on  the  authorization
              key.

              If  the  specified key has a matching authorization key, then the ID of that key is
              returned.  The authorization key can be read (KEYCTL_READ) to  obtain  the  callout
              information passed to request_key(2).

              If  the  ID  given  in  arg2  is 0, then the currently assumed authority is cleared
              (divested), and the value 0 is returned.

              The KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY mechanism allows a program such  as  request-key(8)  to
              assume  the  necessary  authority  to instantiate a new uninstantiated key that was
              created as a consequence of a call to request_key(2).  For further information, see
              request_key(2)          and          the         kernel         source         file
              Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt.

              The arguments arg3, arg4, and arg5 are ignored.

              This    operation    is    exposed    by    libkeyutils    via     the     function
              keyctl_assume_authority(3).

       KEYCTL_GET_SECURITY (since Linux 2.6.26)
              Get the LSM (Linux Security Module) security label of the specified key.

              The  ID of the key whose security label is to be fetched is specified in arg2 (cast
              to key_serial_t).  The security label (terminated by a null byte) will be placed in
              the  buffer  pointed  to  by arg3 argument (cast to char *); the size of the buffer
              must be provided in arg4 (cast to size_t).

              If arg3 is specified as NULL or the buffer size specified in arg4 is too small, the
              full  size  of  the  security label string (including the terminating null byte) is
              returned as the function result, and nothing is copied to the buffer.

              The caller must have view permission on the specified key.

              The returned security label string will be rendered in a form  appropriate  to  the
              LSM in force.  For example, with SELinux, it may look like:

                  unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023

              If no LSM is currently in force, then an empty string is placed in the buffer.

              The arg5 argument is ignored.

              This  operation  is exposed by libkeyutils via the functions keyctl_get_security(3)
              and keyctl_get_security_alloc(3).

       KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT (since Linux 2.6.32)
              Replace the session keyring to which the parent of the calling  process  subscribes
              with the session keyring of the calling process.

              The  keyring  will  be replaced in the parent process at the point where the parent
              next transitions from kernel space to user space.

              The keyring must exist and must grant  the  caller  link  permission.   The  parent
              process  must  be  single-threaded  and  have  the same effective ownership as this
              process and must not be  set-user-ID  or  set-group-ID.   The  UID  of  the  parent
              process's  existing  session  keyring  (f  it  has  one), as well as the UID of the
              caller's session keyring much match the caller's effective UID.

              The fact that it is the parent process that is affected by this operation allows  a
              program  such  as  the  shell  to start a child process that uses this operation to
              change the shell's session  keyring.   (This  is  what  the  keyctl(1)  new_session
              command does.)

              The arguments arg2, arg3, arg4, and arg5 are ignored.

              This     operation     is    exposed    by    libkeyutils    via    the    function
              keyctl_session_to_parent(3).

       KEYCTL_REJECT (since Linux 2.6.39)
              Mark a key as negatively instantiated and set an expiration timer on the key.  This
              operation  provides  a  superset  of the functionality of the earlier KEYCTL_NEGATE
              operation.

              The ID of the key that is to be negatively instantiated is specified in arg2  (cast
              to  key_serial_t).  The arg3 (cast to unsigned int) argument specifies the lifetime
              of the key, in seconds.  The arg4 argument (cast to  unsigned  int)  specifies  the
              error  to  be  returned  when  a  search  hits  this key; typically, this is one of
              EKEYREJECTED, EKEYREVOKED, or EKEYEXPIRED.

              If arg5 (cast to key_serial_t) is nonzero, then, subject to  the  same  constraints
              and  rules  as  KEYCTL_LINK,  the  negatively  instantiated  key is linked into the
              keyring whose ID is specified in arg5.

              The caller must have the appropriate  authorization  key.   In  other  words,  this
              operation   is   available   only   from   a   request-key(8)-style  program.   See
              request_key(2).

              The caller must have the appropriate authorization key, and once the uninstantiated
              key  has been instantiated, the authorization key is revoked.  In other words, this
              operation  is  available   only   from   a   request-key(8)-style   program.    See
              request_key(2) for an explanation of uninstantiated keys and key instantiation.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_reject(3).

       KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV (since Linux 2.6.39)
              Instantiate an uninstantiated key with a payload specified via a vector of buffers.

              This operation is the same as KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE, but the payload data is specified
              as an array of iovec structures (see iovec(3type)).

              The pointer to the payload vector is  specified  in  arg3  (cast  as  const  struct
              iovec *).  The number of items in the vector is specified in arg4 (cast as unsigned
              int).

              The arg2 (key ID) and arg5 (keyring ID) are interpreted as for KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE.

              This    operation    is    exposed    by    libkeyutils    via     the     function
              keyctl_instantiate_iov(3).

       KEYCTL_INVALIDATE (since Linux 3.5)
              Mark a key as invalid.

              The ID of the key to be invalidated is specified in arg2 (cast to key_serial_t).

              To invalidate a key, the caller must have search permission on the key.

              This operation marks the key as invalid and schedules immediate garbage collection.
              The garbage collector removes the invalidated key from all keyrings and deletes the
              key  when  its reference count reaches zero.  After this operation, the key will be
              ignored by all searches, even if it is not yet deleted.

              Keys that are marked invalid become invisible to normal key operations immediately,
              though  they  are  still visible in /proc/keys (marked with an 'i' flag) until they
              are actually removed.

              The arguments arg3, arg4, and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_invalidate(3).

       KEYCTL_GET_PERSISTENT (since Linux 3.13)
              Get the persistent keyring (persistent-keyring(7)) for a specified user and link it
              to a specified keyring.

              The  user  ID  is specified in arg2 (cast to uid_t).  If the value -1 is specified,
              the caller's real user ID is used.  The ID of the destination keyring is  specified
              in arg3 (cast to key_serial_t).

              The  caller  must  have the CAP_SETUID capability in its user namespace in order to
              fetch the persistent keyring for a user ID that does not match either the  real  or
              effective user ID of the caller.

              If the call is successful, a link to the persistent keyring is added to the keyring
              whose ID was specified in arg3.

              The caller must have write permission on the keyring.

              The persistent keyring will be created by the kernel if it does not yet exist.

              Each time the KEYCTL_GET_PERSISTENT operation is performed, the persistent  keyring
              will have its expiration timeout reset to the value in:

                  /proc/sys/kernel/keys/persistent_keyring_expiry

              Should  the  timeout  be  reached,  the  persistent  keyring  will  be  removed and
              everything it pins can then be garbage collected.

              Persistent keyrings were added in Linux 3.13.

              The arguments arg4 and arg5 are ignored.

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils via the function keyctl_get_persistent(3).

       KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE (since Linux 4.7)
              Compute a Diffie-Hellman shared secret  or  public  key,  optionally  applying  key
              derivation function (KDF) to the result.

              The arg2 argument is a pointer to a set of parameters containing serial numbers for
              three "user" keys used in the Diffie-Hellman calculation, packaged in  a  structure
              of the following form:

                  struct keyctl_dh_params {
                      int32_t private; /* The local private key */
                      int32_t prime; /* The prime, known to both parties */
                      int32_t base;  /* The base integer: either a shared
                                        generator or the remote public key */
                  };

              Each  of  the  three  keys  specified  in this structure must grant the caller read
              permission.  The payloads of these keys are used to  calculate  the  Diffie-Hellman
              result as:

                  base ^ private mod prime

              If  the  base  is the shared generator, the result is the local public key.  If the
              base is the remote public key, the result is the shared secret.

              The arg3 argument (cast to char *) points to a  buffer  where  the  result  of  the
              calculation  is  placed.   The  size  of  that buffer is specified in arg4 (cast to
              size_t).

              The buffer must be large enough to accommodate the output data, otherwise an  error
              is  returned.   If arg4 is specified zero, in which case the buffer is not used and
              the operation returns the minimum required buffer size (i.e.,  the  length  of  the
              prime).

              Diffie-Hellman computations can be performed in user space, but require a multiple-
              precision integer (MPI) library.  Moving the implementation into the  kernel  gives
              access   to  the  kernel  MPI  implementation,  and  allows  access  to  secure  or
              acceleration hardware.

              Adding support for DH computation to the keyctl() system call was considered a good
              fit due to the DH algorithm's use for deriving shared keys; it also allows the type
              of the  key  to  determine  which  DH  implementation  (software  or  hardware)  is
              appropriate.

              If  the  arg5  argument  is NULL, then the DH result itself is returned.  Otherwise
              (since Linux 4.12), it is a pointer to a structure which  specifies  parameters  of
              the KDF operation to be applied:

                  struct keyctl_kdf_params {
                      char *hashname;     /* Hash algorithm name */
                      char *otherinfo;    /* SP800-56A OtherInfo */
                      __u32 otherinfolen; /* Length of otherinfo data */
                      __u32 __spare[8];   /* Reserved */
                  };

              The  hashname  field  is  a  null-terminated  string  which  specifies  a hash name
              (available in the kernel's crypto API; the list of the hashes available  is  rather
              tricky   to   observe;  please  refer  to  the  "Kernel  Crypto  API  Architecture"
              ⟨https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/crypto/architecture.html⟩ documentation for
              the  information  regarding how hash names are constructed and your kernel's source
              and   configuration   regarding   what   ciphers   and    templates    with    type
              CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_SHASH are available) to be applied to DH result in KDF operation.

              The  otherinfo field is an OtherInfo data as described in SP800-56A section 5.8.1.2
              and is algorithm-specific.  This  data  is  concatenated  with  the  result  of  DH
              operation  and  is provided as an input to the KDF operation.  Its size is provided
              in the otherinfolen field and is limited  by  KEYCTL_KDF_MAX_OI_LEN  constant  that
              defined in security/keys/internal.h to a value of 64.

              The  __spare field is currently unused.  It was ignored until Linux 4.13 (but still
              should be user-addressable since it is copied to the kernel),  and  should  contain
              zeros since Linux 4.13.

              The  KDF  implementation  complies  with  SP800-56A  as well as with SP800-108 (the
              counter KDF).

              This operation is exposed by libkeyutils (from libkeyutils 1.5.10 onwards) via  the
              functions keyctl_dh_compute(3) and keyctl_dh_compute_alloc(3).

       KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING (since Linux 4.12)
              Apply  a  key-linking restriction to the keyring with the ID provided in arg2 (cast
              to key_serial_t).  The caller must have setattr permission on the key.  If arg3  is
              NULL,  any  attempt to add a key to the keyring is blocked; otherwise it contains a
              pointer to a string with a key type name and arg4 contains a pointer to string that
              describes  the  type-specific  restriction.   As  of  Linux  4.12,  only  the  type
              "asymmetric" has restrictions defined:

              builtin_trusted
                     Allows only keys that are signed by a key linked  to  the  built-in  keyring
                     (".builtin_trusted_keys").

              builtin_and_secondary_trusted
                     Allows  only  keys  that are signed by a key linked to the secondary keyring
                     (".secondary_trusted_keys") or, by extension, a key in a  built-in  keyring,
                     as the latter is linked to the former.

              key_or_keyring:key
              key_or_keyring:key:chain
                     If  key  specifies the ID of a key of type "asymmetric", then only keys that
                     are signed by this key are allowed.

                     If key specifies the ID of a keyring, then only keys that are  signed  by  a
                     key linked to this keyring are allowed.

                     If  ":chain"  is  specified,  keys  that  are signed by a keys linked to the
                     destination keyring (that is, the keyring with the ID specified in the  arg2
                     argument) are also allowed.

              Note that a restriction can be configured only once for the specified keyring; once
              a restriction is set, it can't be overridden.

              The argument arg5 is ignored.

RETURN VALUE

       For a successful call, the return value depends on the operation:

       KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID
              The ID of the requested keyring.

       KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING
              The ID of the joined session keyring.

       KEYCTL_DESCRIBE
              The size of the description (including the terminating null byte), irrespective  of
              the provided buffer size.

       KEYCTL_SEARCH
              The ID of the key that was found.

       KEYCTL_READ
              The  amount  of  data  that  is  available in the key, irrespective of the provided
              buffer size.

       KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING
              The ID of the previous default keyring to  which  implicitly  requested  keys  were
              linked (one of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_USER_*).

       KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY
              Either  0,  if  the ID given was 0, or the ID of the authorization key matching the
              specified key, if a nonzero key ID was provided.

       KEYCTL_GET_SECURITY
              The size of the LSM security label string (including the  terminating  null  byte),
              irrespective of the provided buffer size.

       KEYCTL_GET_PERSISTENT
              The ID of the persistent keyring.

       KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE
              The  number  of  bytes  copied to the buffer, or, if arg4 is 0, the required buffer
              size.

       All other operations
              Zero.

       On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       EACCES The requested operation wasn't permitted.

       EAGAIN operation was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE  and  there  was  an  error  during  crypto  module
              initialization.

       EDEADLK
              operation was KEYCTL_LINK and the requested link would result in a cycle.

       EDEADLK
              operation  was  KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING and the requested keyring restriction would
              result in a cycle.

       EDQUOT The key quota for the caller's user would be exceeded by creating a key or  linking
              it to the keyring.

       EEXIST operation was KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING and keyring provided in arg2 argument already
              has a restriction set.

       EFAULT operation was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE and one of the following has failed:

              •  copying of the struct keyctl_dh_params, provided in the arg2 argument, from user
                 space;

              •  copying of the struct keyctl_kdf_params, provided in the non-NULL arg5 argument,
                 from user space  (in  case  kernel  supports  performing  KDF  operation  on  DH
                 operation result);

              •  copying  of  data  pointed by the hashname field of the struct keyctl_kdf_params
                 from user space;

              •  copying of data pointed by the otherinfo field of the  struct  keyctl_kdf_params
                 from user space if the otherinfolen field was nonzero;

              •  copying of the result to user space.

       EINVAL operation was KEYCTL_SETPERM and an invalid permission bit was specified in arg3.

       EINVAL operation  was KEYCTL_SEARCH and the size of the description in arg4 (including the
              terminating null byte) exceeded 4096 bytes.

       EINVAL size of the string (including the terminating null byte) specified in arg3 (the key
              type)  or  arg4  (the  key description) exceeded the limit (32 bytes and 4096 bytes
              respectively).

       EINVAL (before Linux 4.12)
              operation was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE, argument arg5 was non-NULL.

       EINVAL operation was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE And  the  digest  size  of  the  hashing  algorithm
              supplied is zero.

       EINVAL operation  was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE and the buffer size provided is not enough to hold
              the result.  Provide 0 as a buffer size in order to obtain the minimum buffer size.

       EINVAL operation was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE and the hash name provided in the hashname field of
              the  struct  keyctl_kdf_params  pointed  by  arg5 argument is too big (the limit is
              implementation-specific and varies between kernel versions, but it  is  deemed  big
              enough for all valid algorithm names).

       EINVAL operation   was   KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE   and   the   __spare   field   of  the  struct
              keyctl_kdf_params provided in the arg5 argument contains nonzero values.

       EKEYEXPIRED
              An expired key was found or specified.

       EKEYREJECTED
              A rejected key was found or specified.

       EKEYREVOKED
              A revoked key was found or specified.

       ELOOP  operation was KEYCTL_LINK and the requested link would cause  the  maximum  nesting
              depth for keyrings to be exceeded.

       EMSGSIZE
              operation     was    KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE    and    the    buffer    length    exceeds
              KEYCTL_KDF_MAX_OUTPUT_LEN (which is 1024 currently) or the  otherinfolen  field  of
              the  struct keyctl_kdf_parms passed in arg5 exceeds KEYCTL_KDF_MAX_OI_LEN (which is
              64 currently).

       ENFILE (before Linux 3.13)
              operation was KEYCTL_LINK and  the  keyring  is  full.   (Before  Linux  3.13,  the
              available  space  for storing keyring links was limited to a single page of memory;
              since Linux 3.13, there is no fixed limit.)

       ENOENT operation was KEYCTL_UNLINK and the key to be unlinked isn't linked to the keyring.

       ENOENT operation was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE and the hashing algorithm specified in the hashname
              field of the struct keyctl_kdf_params pointed by arg5 argument hasn't been found.

       ENOENT operation  was  KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING  and  the  type  provided  in arg3 argument
              doesn't support setting key linking restrictions.

       ENOKEY No matching key was found or an invalid key was specified.

       ENOKEY The value KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID was specified in operation, the  key  specified  in
              arg2  did  not  exist, and arg3 was zero (meaning don't create the key if it didn't
              exist).

       ENOMEM One of kernel memory  allocation  routines  failed  during  the  execution  of  the
              syscall.

       ENOTDIR
              A  key  of  keyring type was expected but the ID of a key with a different type was
              provided.

       EOPNOTSUPP
              operation was KEYCTL_READ and the key type does not support reading (e.g., the type
              is "login").

       EOPNOTSUPP
              operation was KEYCTL_UPDATE and the key type does not support updating.

       EOPNOTSUPP
              operation  was  KEYCTL_RESTRICT_KEYRING,  the  type  provided  in arg3 argument was
              "asymmetric", and the key specified in the restriction  specification  provided  in
              arg4 has type other than "asymmetric" or "keyring".

       EPERM  operation  was  KEYCTL_GET_PERSISTENT,  arg2 specified a UID other than the calling
              thread's real or effective  UID,  and  the  caller  did  not  have  the  CAP_SETUID
              capability.

       EPERM  operation  was  KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT  and either: all of the UIDs (GIDs) of the
              parent process do not match the effective UID (GID) of the calling process; the UID
              of the parent's existing session keyring or the UID of the caller's session keyring
              did not match the effective UID of the caller; the parent process  is  not  single-
              thread; or the parent process is init(1) or a kernel thread.

       ETIMEDOUT
              operation  was KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE and the initialization of crypto modules has timed
              out.

VERSIONS

       A wrapper is provided in the libkeyutils library.  (The accompanying package provides  the
       <keyutils.h>  header  file.)   However,  rather  than using this system call directly, you
       probably want to use the various  library  functions  mentioned  in  the  descriptions  of
       individual operations above.

STANDARDS

       Linux.

HISTORY

       Linux 2.6.10.

EXAMPLES

       The  program  below  provide  subset  of  the  functionality of the request-key(8) program
       provided by the keyutils package.  For informational purposes, the program records various
       information in a log file.

       As  described  in  request_key(2), the request-key(8) program is invoked with command-line
       arguments that describe a key that is to be instantiated.  The example program fetches and
       logs these arguments.  The program assumes authority to instantiate the requested key, and
       then instantiates that key.

       The following shell session demonstrates the use of this  program.   In  the  session,  we
       compile  the  program  and  then use it to temporarily replace the standard request-key(8)
       program.  (Note that temporarily disabling the standard request-key(8) program may not  be
       safe on some systems.)  While our example program is installed, we use the example program
       shown in request_key(2) to request a key.

           $ cc -o key_instantiate key_instantiate.c -lkeyutils
           $ sudo mv /sbin/request-key /sbin/request-key.backup
           $ sudo cp key_instantiate /sbin/request-key
           $ ./t_request_key user mykey somepayloaddata
           Key ID is 20d035bf
           $ sudo mv /sbin/request-key.backup /sbin/request-key

       Looking at the log file created by this program, we can  see  the  command-line  arguments
       supplied to our example program:

           $ cat /tmp/key_instantiate.log
           Time: Mon Nov  7 13:06:47 2016

           Command line arguments:
             argv[0]:            /sbin/request-key
             operation:          create
             key_to_instantiate: 20d035bf
             UID:                1000
             GID:                1000
             thread_keyring:     0
             process_keyring:    0
             session_keyring:    256e6a6

           Key description:      user;1000;1000;3f010000;mykey
           Auth key payload:     somepayloaddata
           Destination keyring:  256e6a6
           Auth key description: .request_key_auth;1000;1000;0b010000;20d035bf

       The last few lines of the above output show that the example program was able to fetch:

       •  the  description  of  the  key  to  be instantiated, which included the name of the key
          (mykey);

       •  the payload of the authorization key, which consisted  of  the  data  (somepayloaddata)
          passed to request_key(2);

       •  the destination keyring that was specified in the call to request_key(2); and

       •  the  description  of  the  authorization  key,  where  we  can see that the name of the
          authorization key matches the ID of the key that is to be instantiated (20d035bf).

       The  example  program   in   request_key(2)   specified   the   destination   keyring   as
       KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING.   By  examining the contents of /proc/keys, we can see that this
       was translated to the ID of the destination keyring (0256e6a6) shown  in  the  log  output
       above; we can also see the newly created key with the name mykey and ID 20d035bf.

           $ cat /proc/keys | egrep 'mykey|256e6a6'
           0256e6a6 I--Q---  194 perm 3f030000  1000  1000 keyring  _ses: 3
           20d035bf I--Q---    1 perm 3f010000  1000  1000 user     mykey: 16

   Program source

       /* key_instantiate.c */

       #include <errno.h>
       #include <keyutils.h>
       #include <stdint.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <string.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <time.h>

       #ifndef KEY_SPEC_REQUESTOR_KEYRING
       #define KEY_SPEC_REQUESTOR_KEYRING      (-8)
       #endif

       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           int           akp_size;       /* Size of auth_key_payload */
           int           auth_key;
           char          dbuf[256];
           char          auth_key_payload[256];
           char          *operation;
           FILE          *fp;
           gid_t         gid;
           uid_t         uid;
           time_t        t;
           key_serial_t  key_to_instantiate, dest_keyring;
           key_serial_t  thread_keyring, process_keyring, session_keyring;

           if (argc != 8) {
               fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s op key uid gid thread_keyring "
                               "process_keyring session_keyring\n", argv[0]);
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           fp = fopen("/tmp/key_instantiate.log", "w");
           if (fp == NULL)
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

           setbuf(fp, NULL);

           t = time(NULL);
           fprintf(fp, "Time: %s\n", ctime(&t));

           /*
            * The kernel passes a fixed set of arguments to the program
            * that it execs; fetch them.
            */
           operation = argv[1];
           key_to_instantiate = atoi(argv[2]);
           uid = atoi(argv[3]);
           gid = atoi(argv[4]);
           thread_keyring = atoi(argv[5]);
           process_keyring = atoi(argv[6]);
           session_keyring = atoi(argv[7]);

           fprintf(fp, "Command line arguments:\n");
           fprintf(fp, "  argv[0]:            %s\n", argv[0]);
           fprintf(fp, "  operation:          %s\n", operation);
           fprintf(fp, "  key_to_instantiate: %jx\n",
                   (uintmax_t) key_to_instantiate);
           fprintf(fp, "  UID:                %jd\n", (intmax_t) uid);
           fprintf(fp, "  GID:                %jd\n", (intmax_t) gid);
           fprintf(fp, "  thread_keyring:     %jx\n",
                   (uintmax_t) thread_keyring);
           fprintf(fp, "  process_keyring:    %jx\n",
                   (uintmax_t) process_keyring);
           fprintf(fp, "  session_keyring:    %jx\n",
                   (uintmax_t) session_keyring);
           fprintf(fp, "\n");

           /*
            * Assume the authority to instantiate the key named in argv[2].
            */
           if (keyctl(KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY, key_to_instantiate) == -1) {
               fprintf(fp, "KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY failed: %s\n",
                       strerror(errno));
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           /*
            * Fetch the description of the key that is to be instantiated.
            */
           if (keyctl(KEYCTL_DESCRIBE, key_to_instantiate,
                      dbuf, sizeof(dbuf)) == -1) {
               fprintf(fp, "KEYCTL_DESCRIBE failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           fprintf(fp, "Key description:      %s\n", dbuf);

           /*
            * Fetch the payload of the authorization key, which is
            * actually the callout data given to request_key().
            */
           akp_size = keyctl(KEYCTL_READ, KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY,
                             auth_key_payload, sizeof(auth_key_payload));
           if (akp_size == -1) {
               fprintf(fp, "KEYCTL_READ failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           auth_key_payload[akp_size] = '\0';
           fprintf(fp, "Auth key payload:     %s\n", auth_key_payload);

           /*
            * For interest, get the ID of the authorization key and
            * display it.
            */
           auth_key = keyctl(KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID,
                             KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY);
           if (auth_key == -1) {
               fprintf(fp, "KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID failed: %s\n",
                       strerror(errno));
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           fprintf(fp, "Auth key ID:          %jx\n", (uintmax_t) auth_key);

           /*
            * Fetch key ID for the request_key(2) destination keyring.
            */
           dest_keyring = keyctl(KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID,
                                 KEY_SPEC_REQUESTOR_KEYRING);
           if (dest_keyring == -1) {
               fprintf(fp, "KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID failed: %s\n",
                       strerror(errno));
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           fprintf(fp, "Destination keyring:  %jx\n", (uintmax_t) dest_keyring);

           /*
            * Fetch the description of the authorization key. This
            * allows us to see the key type, UID, GID, permissions,
            * and description (name) of the key. Among other things,
            * we will see that the name of the key is a hexadecimal
            * string representing the ID of the key to be instantiated.
            */
           if (keyctl(KEYCTL_DESCRIBE, KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY,
                      dbuf, sizeof(dbuf)) == -1)
           {
               fprintf(fp, "KEYCTL_DESCRIBE failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           fprintf(fp, "Auth key description: %s\n", dbuf);

           /*
            * Instantiate the key using the callout data that was supplied
            * in the payload of the authorization key.
            */
           if (keyctl(KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE, key_to_instantiate,
                      auth_key_payload, akp_size + 1, dest_keyring) == -1)
           {
               fprintf(fp, "KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE failed: %s\n",
                       strerror(errno));
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
       }

SEE ALSO

       keyctl(1), add_key(2), request_key(2), keyctl(3), keyctl_assume_authority(3),
       keyctl_chown(3), keyctl_clear(3), keyctl_describe(3), keyctl_describe_alloc(3),
       keyctl_dh_compute(3), keyctl_dh_compute_alloc(3), keyctl_get_keyring_ID(3),
       keyctl_get_persistent(3), keyctl_get_security(3), keyctl_get_security_alloc(3),
       keyctl_instantiate(3), keyctl_instantiate_iov(3), keyctl_invalidate(3),
       keyctl_join_session_keyring(3), keyctl_link(3), keyctl_negate(3), keyctl_read(3),
       keyctl_read_alloc(3), keyctl_reject(3), keyctl_revoke(3), keyctl_search(3),
       keyctl_session_to_parent(3), keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(3), keyctl_set_timeout(3),
       keyctl_setperm(3), keyctl_unlink(3), keyctl_update(3), recursive_key_scan(3),
       recursive_session_key_scan(3), capabilities(7), credentials(7), keyrings(7), keyutils(7),
       persistent-keyring(7), process-keyring(7), session-keyring(7), thread-keyring(7),
       user-keyring(7), user_namespaces(7), user-session-keyring(7), request-key(8)

       The kernel source files under Documentation/security/keys/ (or, before Linux 4.13, in the
       file Documentation/security/keys.txt).