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| -rw-r--r-- | security/smack/smack_access.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_access.c b/security/smack/smack_access.c index efe2406a3960..7eabb448acab 100644 --- a/security/smack/smack_access.c +++ b/security/smack/smack_access.c @@ -688,9 +688,10 @@ bool smack_privileged_cred(int cap, const struct cred *cred) bool smack_privileged(int cap) { /* - * All kernel tasks are privileged + * Kernel threads may not have credentials we can use. + * The io_uring kernel threads do have reliable credentials. */ - if (unlikely(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) + if ((current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)) == PF_KTHREAD) return true; return smack_privileged_cred(cap, current_cred()); |