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| author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:39:43 -0500 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:39:43 -0500 |
| commit | b2576e1d4408e134e2188c967b1f28af39cd79d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 004f3c82faab760f304ce031d6d2f572e7746a50 /security/keys/proc.c | |
| parent | 3cc8a5f4ba91f67bbdb81a43a99281a26aab8d77 (diff) | |
| parent | 2150edc6c5cf00f7adb54538b9ea2a3e9cedca3f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into release
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 f619170da76..7f508def50e 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; |