diff --git a/security/keys/internal.h b/security/keys/internal.h
index ba3e2da14cef..6d0ca48ae9a5 100644
--- a/security/keys/internal.h
+++ b/security/keys/internal.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <linux/keyctl.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 struct iovec;
 
@@ -349,4 +351,14 @@ static inline void key_check(const struct key *key)
 
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Helper function to clear and free a kvmalloc'ed memory object.
+ */
+static inline void __kvzfree(const void *addr, size_t len)
+{
+	if (addr) {
+		memset((void *)addr, 0, len);
+		kvfree(addr);
+	}
+}
 #endif /* _INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 434ed9defd3a..0062e422e0fd 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ long keyctl_update_key(key_serial_t id,
 	payload = NULL;
 	if (plen) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		payload = kvmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!payload)
 			goto error;
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ long keyctl_update_key(key_serial_t id,
 
 	key_ref_put(key_ref);
 error2:
-	kzfree(payload);
+	__kvzfree(payload, plen);
 error:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -827,7 +827,8 @@ long keyctl_read_key(key_serial_t keyid, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen)
 	struct key *key;
 	key_ref_t key_ref;
 	long ret;
-	char *key_data;
+	char *key_data = NULL;
+	size_t key_data_len;
 
 	/* find the key first */
 	key_ref = lookup_user_key(keyid, 0, 0);
@@ -878,24 +879,51 @@ can_read_key:
 	 * Allocating a temporary buffer to hold the keys before
 	 * transferring them to user buffer to avoid potential
 	 * deadlock involving page fault and mmap_sem.
+	 *
+	 * key_data_len = (buflen <= PAGE_SIZE)
+	 *		? buflen : actual length of key data
+	 *
+	 * This prevents allocating arbitrary large buffer which can
+	 * be much larger than the actual key length. In the latter case,
+	 * at least 2 passes of this loop is required.
 	 */
-	key_data = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	key_data_len = (buflen <= PAGE_SIZE) ? buflen : 0;
+	for (;;) {
+		if (key_data_len) {
+			key_data = kvmalloc(key_data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!key_data) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto key_put_out;
+			}
+		}
 
-	if (!key_data) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto key_put_out;
-	}
-	ret = __keyctl_read_key(key, key_data, buflen);
+		ret = __keyctl_read_key(key, key_data, key_data_len);
+
+		/*
+		 * Read methods will just return the required length without
+		 * any copying if the provided length isn't large enough.
+		 */
+		if (ret <= 0 || ret > buflen)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * The key may change (unlikely) in between 2 consecutive
+		 * __keyctl_read_key() calls. In this case, we reallocate
+		 * a larger buffer and redo the key read when
+		 * key_data_len < ret <= buflen.
+		 */
+		if (ret > key_data_len) {
+			if (unlikely(key_data))
+				__kvzfree(key_data, key_data_len);
+			key_data_len = ret;
+			continue;	/* Allocate buffer */
+		}
 
-	/*
-	 * Read methods will just return the required length without
-	 * any copying if the provided length isn't large enough.
-	 */
-	if (ret > 0 && ret <= buflen) {
 		if (copy_to_user(buffer, key_data, ret))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
+		break;
 	}
-	kzfree(key_data);
+	__kvzfree(key_data, key_data_len);
 
 key_put_out:
 	key_put(key);