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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100
commite1df957670aef74ffd9a4ad93e6d2c90bf6b4845 (patch)
treebca1fcfef55b3e3e82c9a822b4ac6428fce2b419 /security/keys/proc.c
parent2b583d8bc8d7105b58d7481a4a0ceb718dac49c6 (diff)
parent3c92ec8ae91ecf59d88c798301833d7cf83f2179 (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Conflicts: fs/exec.c include/linux/init_task.h Simple context conflicts.
Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/proc.c')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/proc.c b/security/keys/proc.c
index f619170..7f508de 100644
--- a/security/keys/proc.c
+++ b/security/keys/proc.c
@@ -136,8 +136,12 @@ static int proc_keys_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
int rc;
/* check whether the current task is allowed to view the key (assuming
- * non-possession) */
- rc = key_task_permission(make_key_ref(key, 0), current, KEY_VIEW);
+ * non-possession)
+ * - the caller holds a spinlock, and thus the RCU read lock, making our
+ * access to __current_cred() safe
+ */
+ rc = key_task_permission(make_key_ref(key, 0), current_cred(),
+ KEY_VIEW);
if (rc < 0)
return 0;
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