2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index a214e0e9035f..4357a0a7d17d 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setns, int, fd, int, nstype)
         struct file *file;
         int err;
 
-        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                return -EPERM;
-
         file = proc_ns_fget(fd);
         if (IS_ERR(file))
                 return PTR_ERR(file);
diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index 679d97a5d3fd..4a9362f9325d 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -102,8 +102,13 @@ static void utsns_put(void *ns)
         put_uts_ns(ns);
 }
 
-static int utsns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, void *ns)
+static int utsns_install(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, void *new)
 {
+        struct uts_namespace *ns = new;
+
+        if (!ns_capable(ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+                return -EPERM;
+
         get_uts_ns(ns);
         put_uts_ns(nsproxy->uts_ns);
         nsproxy->uts_ns = ns;