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: (105 commits)
  SELinux: don't check permissions for kernel mounts
  security: pass mount flags to security_sb_kern_mount()
  SELinux: correctly detect proc filesystems of the form "proc/foo"
  Audit: Log TIOCSTI
  user namespaces: document CFS behavior
  user namespaces: require cap_set{ug}id for CLONE_NEWUSER
  user namespaces: let user_ns be cloned with fairsched
  CRED: fix sparse warnings
  User namespaces: use the current_user_ns() macro
  User namespaces: set of cleanups (v2)
  nfsctl: add headers for credentials
  coda: fix creds reference
  capabilities: define get_vfs_caps_from_disk when file caps are not enabled
  CRED: Allow kernel services to override LSM settings for task actions
  CRED: Add a kernel_service object class to SELinux
  CRED: Differentiate objective and effective subjective credentials on a task
  CRED: Documentation
  CRED: Use creds in file structs
  CRED: Prettify commoncap.c
  CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials
  ...

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;