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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-29 09:42:58 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-29 10:37:07 +0100
commit0ce74d9296c971b2355c26984ad0bc538e34dd6c (patch)
tree566d03e2a4f6b42dab9628cd82c93cd61d587467 /security/keys/proc.c
parent1cc4fff0b360aeffeedb7d6db5089d88dd861700 (diff)
parent3c92ec8ae91ecf59d88c798301833d7cf83f2179 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into timers/hrtimers
Conflicts: sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c Semantic conflict: sound/core/hrtimer.c
Diffstat (limited to 'security/keys/proc.c')
-rw-r--r--security/keys/proc.c8
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;