1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 38e7d5868d60..a23315dc4498 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -274,7 +274,20 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
         char c;
         int error = 0;
 
-        error = security_syslog(type, from_file);
+        /*
+         * If this is from /proc/kmsg we only do the capabilities checks
+         * at open time.
+         */
+        if (type == SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN || !from_file) {
+                if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+                        return -EPERM;
+                if ((type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL &&
+                     type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER) &&
+                    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+                        return -EPERM;
+        }
+
+        error = security_syslog(type);
         if (error)
                 return error;
 
@@ -1069,13 +1082,15 @@ void printk_tick(void)
 
 int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu)
 {
+        if (unlikely(cpu_is_offline(cpu)))
+                printk_tick();
         return per_cpu(printk_pending, cpu);
 }
 
 void wake_up_klogd(void)
 {
         if (waitqueue_active(&log_wait))
-                __raw_get_cpu_var(printk_pending) = 1;
+                this_cpu_write(printk_pending, 1);
 }
 
 /**