1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 5c16f3aa757a..e134d8f365dd 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -613,10 +613,10 @@ static ssize_t map_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
         if (map->nr_extents != 0)
                 goto out;
 
-        /* Require the appropriate privilege CAP_SETUID or CAP_SETGID
-         * over the user namespace in order to set the id mapping.
+        /*
+         * Adjusting namespace settings requires capabilities on the target.
          */
-        if (cap_valid(cap_setid) && !ns_capable(ns, cap_setid))
+        if (cap_valid(cap_setid) && !file_ns_capable(file, ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                 goto out;
 
         /* Get a buffer */