1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 834bfdc43235..95cb74f73292 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -678,19 +678,20 @@ static inline int kallsyms_for_perf(void)
  * Otherwise, require CAP_SYSLOG (assuming kptr_restrict isn't set to
  * block even that).
  */
-int kallsyms_show_value(void)
+bool kallsyms_show_value(const struct cred *cred)
 {
 	switch (kptr_restrict) {
 	case 0:
 		if (kallsyms_for_perf())
-			return 1;
+			return true;
 	/* fallthrough */
 	case 1:
-		if (has_capability_noaudit(current, CAP_SYSLOG))
-			return 1;
+		if (security_capable(cred, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYSLOG,
+				     CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT) == 0)
+			return true;
 	/* fallthrough */
 	default:
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -707,7 +708,11 @@ static int kallsyms_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	reset_iter(iter, 0);
 
-	iter->show_value = kallsyms_show_value();
+	/*
+	 * Instead of checking this on every s_show() call, cache
+	 * the result here at open time.
+	 */
+	iter->show_value = kallsyms_show_value(file->f_cred);
 	return 0;
 }