3.8.13.9 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit d661684cf6820331feae71146c35da83d794467e upstream. This is a security bug. The follow-up will fix nsproxy to discourage this type of issue from happening again. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/scm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c index 2dc6cda..7b6d0d9 100644 --- a/net/core/scm.c +++ b/net/core/scm.c @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static __inline__ int scm_check_creds(struct ucred *creds) return -EINVAL; if ((creds->pid == task_tgid_vnr(current) || - ns_capable(current->nsproxy->pid_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) && + ns_capable(task_active_pid_ns(current)->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) && ((uid_eq(uid, cred->uid) || uid_eq(uid, cred->euid) || uid_eq(uid, cred->suid)) || nsown_capable(CAP_SETUID)) && ((gid_eq(gid, cred->gid) || gid_eq(gid, cred->egid) || -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html