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| author | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +1100 |
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| committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +1100 |
| commit | cbacc2c7f066a1e01b33b0e27ae5efbf534bc2db (patch) | |
| tree | 90d1093131d2a3543a8b3b1f3364e7c6f4081a93 /security/keys/proc.c | |
| parent | 4a6908a3a050aacc9c3a2f36b276b46c0629ad91 (diff) | |
| parent | 74192246910ff4fb95309ba1a683215644beeb62 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'next' into for-linus
Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/proc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/keys/proc.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/security/keys/proc.c b/security/keys/proc.c index f619170da760..7f508def50e3 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; |