diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index b4de33074b37d..9354e7cf4a09f 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ enum policy_types { ORIGINAL_TCB = 1, DEFAULT_TCB };
 
 enum policy_rule_list { IMA_DEFAULT_POLICY = 1, IMA_CUSTOM_POLICY };
 
+struct ima_rule_opt_list {
+	size_t count;
+	char *items[];
+};
+
 struct ima_rule_entry {
 	struct list_head list;
 	int action;
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ struct ima_rule_entry {
 		int type;	/* audit type */
 	} lsm[MAX_LSM_RULES];
 	char *fsname;
-	char *keyrings; /* Measure keys added to these keyrings */
+	struct ima_rule_opt_list *keyrings; /* Measure keys added to these keyrings */
 	struct ima_template_desc *template;
 };
 
@@ -206,10 +211,6 @@ static LIST_HEAD(ima_policy_rules);
 static LIST_HEAD(ima_temp_rules);
 static struct list_head *ima_rules = &ima_default_rules;
 
-/* Pre-allocated buffer used for matching keyrings. */
-static char *ima_keyrings;
-static size_t ima_keyrings_len;
-
 static int ima_policy __initdata;
 
 static int __init default_measure_policy_setup(char *str)
@@ -253,6 +254,72 @@ static int __init default_appraise_policy_setup(char *str)
 }
 __setup("ima_appraise_tcb", default_appraise_policy_setup);
 
+static struct ima_rule_opt_list *ima_alloc_rule_opt_list(const substring_t *src)
+{
+	struct ima_rule_opt_list *opt_list;
+	size_t count = 0;
+	char *src_copy;
+	char *cur, *next;
+	size_t i;
+
+	src_copy = match_strdup(src);
+	if (!src_copy)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	next = src_copy;
+	while ((cur = strsep(&next, "|"))) {
+		/* Don't accept an empty list item */
+		if (!(*cur)) {
+			kfree(src_copy);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	/* Don't accept an empty list */
+	if (!count) {
+		kfree(src_copy);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	opt_list = kzalloc(struct_size(opt_list, items, count), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!opt_list) {
+		kfree(src_copy);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * strsep() has already replaced all instances of '|' with '\0',
+	 * leaving a byte sequence of NUL-terminated strings. Reference each
+	 * string with the array of items.
+	 *
+	 * IMPORTANT: Ownership of the allocated buffer is transferred from
+	 * src_copy to the first element in the items array. To free the
+	 * buffer, kfree() must only be called on the first element of the
+	 * array.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0, cur = src_copy; i < count; i++) {
+		opt_list->items[i] = cur;
+		cur = strchr(cur, '\0') + 1;
+	}
+	opt_list->count = count;
+
+	return opt_list;
+}
+
+static void ima_free_rule_opt_list(struct ima_rule_opt_list *opt_list)
+{
+	if (!opt_list)
+		return;
+
+	if (opt_list->count) {
+		kfree(opt_list->items[0]);
+		opt_list->count = 0;
+	}
+
+	kfree(opt_list);
+}
+
 static void ima_lsm_free_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -274,7 +341,7 @@ static void ima_free_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 	 * the defined_templates list and cannot be freed here
 	 */
 	kfree(entry->fsname);
-	kfree(entry->keyrings);
+	ima_free_rule_opt_list(entry->keyrings);
 	ima_lsm_free_rule(entry);
 	kfree(entry);
 }
@@ -394,8 +461,8 @@ int ima_lsm_policy_change(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 static bool ima_match_keyring(struct ima_rule_entry *rule,
 			      const char *keyring, const struct cred *cred)
 {
-	char *next_keyring, *keyrings_ptr;
 	bool matched = false;
+	size_t i;
 
 	if ((rule->flags & IMA_UID) && !rule->uid_op(cred->uid, rule->uid))
 		return false;
@@ -406,15 +473,8 @@ static bool ima_match_keyring(struct ima_rule_entry *rule,
 	if (!keyring)
 		return false;
 
-	strcpy(ima_keyrings, rule->keyrings);
-
-	/*
-	 * "keyrings=" is specified in the policy in the format below:
-	 * keyrings=.builtin_trusted_keys|.ima|.evm
-	 */
-	keyrings_ptr = ima_keyrings;
-	while ((next_keyring = strsep(&keyrings_ptr, "|")) != NULL) {
-		if (!strcmp(next_keyring, keyring)) {
+	for (i = 0; i < rule->keyrings->count; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(rule->keyrings->items[i], keyring)) {
 			matched = true;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1065,7 +1125,6 @@ static int ima_parse_rule(char *rule, struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 	bool uid_token;
 	struct ima_template_desc *template_desc;
 	int result = 0;
-	size_t keyrings_len;
 
 	ab = integrity_audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL,
 				       AUDIT_INTEGRITY_POLICY_RULE);
@@ -1231,37 +1290,18 @@ static int ima_parse_rule(char *rule, struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 		case Opt_keyrings:
 			ima_log_string(ab, "keyrings", args[0].from);
 
-			keyrings_len = strlen(args[0].from) + 1;
-
-			if ((entry->keyrings) ||
-			    (keyrings_len < 2)) {
+			if (entry->keyrings) {
 				result = -EINVAL;
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (keyrings_len > ima_keyrings_len) {
-				char *tmpbuf;
-
-				tmpbuf = krealloc(ima_keyrings, keyrings_len,
-						  GFP_KERNEL);
-				if (!tmpbuf) {
-					result = -ENOMEM;
-					break;
-				}
-
-				ima_keyrings = tmpbuf;
-				ima_keyrings_len = keyrings_len;
-			}
-
-			entry->keyrings = kstrdup(args[0].from, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!entry->keyrings) {
-				kfree(ima_keyrings);
-				ima_keyrings = NULL;
-				ima_keyrings_len = 0;
-				result = -ENOMEM;
+			entry->keyrings = ima_alloc_rule_opt_list(args);
+			if (IS_ERR(entry->keyrings)) {
+				result = PTR_ERR(entry->keyrings);
+				entry->keyrings = NULL;
 				break;
 			}
-			result = 0;
+
 			entry->flags |= IMA_KEYRINGS;
 			break;
 		case Opt_fsuuid:
@@ -1574,6 +1614,15 @@ static void policy_func_show(struct seq_file *m, enum ima_hooks func)
 		seq_printf(m, "func=%d ", func);
 }
 
+static void ima_show_rule_opt_list(struct seq_file *m,
+				   const struct ima_rule_opt_list *opt_list)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < opt_list->count; i++)
+		seq_printf(m, "%s%s", i ? "|" : "", opt_list->items[i]);
+}
+
 int ima_policy_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct ima_rule_entry *entry = v;
@@ -1630,9 +1679,8 @@ int ima_policy_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	}
 
 	if (entry->flags & IMA_KEYRINGS) {
-		if (entry->keyrings != NULL)
-			snprintf(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf), "%s", entry->keyrings);
-		seq_printf(m, pt(Opt_keyrings), tbuf);
+		seq_puts(m, "keyrings=");
+		ima_show_rule_opt_list(m, entry->keyrings);
 		seq_puts(m, " ");
 	}
 
