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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-12-28 20:19:47 -0800 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-12-28 20:19:47 -0800 |
| commit | e3c6d4ee545e427b55882d97d3b663c6411645fe (patch) | |
| tree | 294326663fb757739a98083c2ddd570d1eaf7337 /security/keys/proc.c | |
| parent | 5bc053089376217943187ed5153d0d1e5c5085b6 (diff) | |
| parent | 3c92ec8ae91ecf59d88c798301833d7cf83f2179 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
arch/sparc64/kernel/idprom.c
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; |