From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This reverts commit 0855952ed4f1a6861fbb0e5d684efd447d7347c9 which is commit 5e6b8a50a7cec5686ee2c4bda1d49899c79a7eae upstream. The "original" commit 905ae01c4ae2 ("Add a reference to ucounts for each cred"), should not have been applied to the 5.10.y tree, so revert it, and the follow-on fixup patches as well. Reported-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87v93k4bl6.fsf@disp2133 Cc: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cred.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, un ret = create_user_ns(new); if (ret < 0) goto error_put; - ret = set_cred_ucounts(new); - if (ret < 0) + if (set_cred_ucounts(new) < 0) goto error_put; }