1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index f82730adea00..0d9c51d67333 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static struct user_namespace *clone_user_ns(struct user_namespace *old_ns)
 {
         struct user_namespace *ns;
         struct user_struct *new_user;
+        struct cred *new;
         int n;
 
         ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct user_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -45,7 +46,16 @@ static struct user_namespace *clone_user_ns(struct user_namespace *old_ns)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
         }
 
-        switch_uid(new_user);
+        /* Install the new user */
+        new = prepare_creds();
+        if (!new) {
+                free_uid(new_user);
+                free_uid(ns->root_user);
+                kfree(ns);
+        }
+        free_uid(new->user);
+        new->user = new_user;
+        commit_creds(new);
         return ns;
 }