1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 2343c132c5a7..8093c16b84b1 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct cred init_cred = {
         .cap_effective          = CAP_INIT_EFF_SET,
         .cap_bset               = CAP_INIT_BSET,
         .user                   = INIT_USER,
+        .user_ns                = &init_user_ns,
         .group_info             = &init_groups,
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
         .tgcred                 = &init_tgcred,
@@ -410,6 +411,11 @@ int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long clone_flags)
                         goto error_put;
         }
 
+        /* cache user_ns in cred.  Doesn't need a refcount because it will
+         * stay pinned by cred->user
+         */
+        new->user_ns = new->user->user_ns;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
         /* new threads get their own thread keyrings if their parent already
          * had one */