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-rw-r--r--kernel/capability.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index cc5f0718215d..493d97259484 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);
}