Merge branch 'next-general' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security

Pull security subsystem updates from James Morris:
 "Just a few bugfixes and documentation updates"

* 'next-general' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security:
  seccomp: fix up grammar in comment
  Revert "security: inode: fix a missing check for securityfs_create_file"
  Yama: mark function as static
  security: inode: fix a missing check for securityfs_create_file
  keys: safe concurrent user->{session,uid}_keyring access
  security: don't use RCU accessors for cred->session_keyring
  Yama: mark local symbols as static
  LSM: lsm_hooks.h: fix documentation format
  LSM: fix documentation for the shm_* hooks
  LSM: fix documentation for the sem_* hooks
  LSM: fix documentation for the msg_queue_* hooks
  LSM: fix documentation for the audit_* hooks
  LSM: fix documentation for the path_chmod hook
  LSM: fix documentation for the socket_getpeersec_dgram hook
  LSM: fix documentation for the task_setscheduler hook
  LSM: fix documentation for the socket_post_create hook
  LSM: fix documentation for the syslog hook
  LSM: fix documentation for sb_copy_data hook

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/user.h b/include/linux/sched/user.h
index c7b5f86b91a1..468d2565a9fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/user.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/user.h
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ struct user_struct {
 	atomic_long_t pipe_bufs;  /* how many pages are allocated in pipe buffers */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+	/*
+	 * These pointers can only change from NULL to a non-NULL value once.
+	 * Writes are protected by key_user_keyring_mutex.
+	 * Unlocked readers should use READ_ONCE() unless they know that
+	 * install_user_keyrings() has been called successfully (which sets
+	 * these members to non-NULL values, preventing further modifications).
+	 */
 	struct key *uid_keyring;	/* UID specific keyring */
 	struct key *session_keyring;	/* UID's default session keyring */
 #endif