Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: (57 commits)
  binfmt_elf: fix PT_INTERP bss handling
  TPM: Fixup boot probe timeout for tpm_tis driver
  sysfs: Add labeling support for sysfs
  LSM/SELinux: inode_{get,set,notify}secctx hooks to access LSM security context information.
  VFS: Factor out part of vfs_setxattr so it can be called from the SELinux hook for inode_setsecctx.
  KEYS: Add missing linux/tracehook.h #inclusions
  KEYS: Fix default security_session_to_parent()
  Security/SELinux: includecheck fix kernel/sysctl.c
  KEYS: security_cred_alloc_blank() should return int under all circumstances
  IMA: open new file for read
  KEYS: Add a keyctl to install a process's session keyring on its parent [try #6]
  KEYS: Extend TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME to (almost) all architectures [try #6]
  KEYS: Do some whitespace cleanups [try #6]
  KEYS: Make /proc/keys use keyid not numread as file position [try #6]
  KEYS: Add garbage collection for dead, revoked and expired keys. [try #6]
  KEYS: Flag dead keys to induce EKEYREVOKED [try #6]
  KEYS: Allow keyctl_revoke() on keys that have SETATTR but not WRITE perm [try #6]
  KEYS: Deal with dead-type keys appropriately [try #6]
  CRED: Add some configurable debugging [try #6]
  selinux: Support for the new TUN LSM hooks
  ...

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 9f3391090b3e..9a4715a2f6bf 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -491,13 +491,17 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct,
         u64 run_time;
         struct timespec uptime;
         struct tty_struct *tty;
+        const struct cred *orig_cred;
+
+        /* Perform file operations on behalf of whoever enabled accounting */
+        orig_cred = override_creds(file->f_cred);
 
         /*
          * First check to see if there is enough free_space to continue
          * the process accounting system.
          */
         if (!check_free_space(acct, file))
-                return;
+                goto out;
 
         /*
          * Fill the accounting struct with the needed info as recorded
@@ -578,6 +582,8 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct,
                                sizeof(acct_t), &file->f_pos);
         current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = flim;
         set_fs(fs);
+out:
+        revert_creds(orig_cred);
 }
 
 /**