On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Mimi Zohar <zo...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-11-28 at 13:22 -0800, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> We need to check against the appropriate credentials structure, and
>> since we're doing this before commit_creds() has been called we can't
>> just do it against the one in the task structure.  For BPRM_CHECK
>> that'll be current_cred(), which means there's no change in
>> functionality, whereas for CREDS_CHECK it'll be the new credentials
>> structure.
>
> The existing code calls security_task_getsecid() with "current" not
> "current_cred".  Will replacing security_task_getsecid() with
> security_cred_getsecid() return the same info for the original
> BRPM_CHECK?

security_task_getsecid(current) will give the same results as
security_cred_getsecid(current_creds())

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