Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index f20e984ccfb4..a93b3b733079 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -529,15 +529,10 @@ skip:
 	new->suid = new->fsuid = new->euid;
 	new->sgid = new->fsgid = new->egid;
 
-	/* For init, we want to retain the capabilities set in the initial
-	 * task.  Thus we skip the usual capability rules
-	 */
-	if (!is_global_init(current)) {
-		if (effective)
-			new->cap_effective = new->cap_permitted;
-		else
-			cap_clear(new->cap_effective);
-	}
+	if (effective)
+		new->cap_effective = new->cap_permitted;
+	else
+		cap_clear(new->cap_effective);
 	bprm->cap_effective = effective;
 
 	/*