From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/capability.c | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c index cc5f071..493d972 100644 --- a/kernel/capability.c +++ b/kernel/capability.c @@ -429,12 +429,14 @@ bool nsown_capable(int cap) * targeted at it's own user namespace and that the given inode is owned * by the current user namespace or a child namespace. * - * Currently inodes can only be owned by the initial user namespace. + * Currently we check to see if an inode is owned by the current + * user namespace by seeing if the inode's owner maps into the + * current user namespace. * */ bool inode_capable(const struct inode *inode, int cap) { struct user_namespace *ns = current_user_ns(); - return ns_capable(ns, cap) && (ns == &init_user_ns); + return ns_capable(ns, cap) && kuid_has_mapping(ns, inode->i_uid); } -- 1.7.2.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html