[PATCH v2] Cred: Remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx()
Casey Schaufler
casey at schaufler-ca.com
Tue Dec 23 23:13:25 UTC 2025
The function set_security_override_from_ctx() has no in-tree callers
since 6.14. Remove it.
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
---
include/linux/cred.h | 1 -
kernel/cred.c | 23 -----------------------
2 files changed, 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index 343a140a6ba2..ed1609d78cd7 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ static inline const struct cred *kernel_cred(void)
return rcu_dereference_raw(init_task.cred);
}
extern int set_security_override(struct cred *, u32);
-extern int set_security_override_from_ctx(struct cred *, const char *);
extern int set_create_files_as(struct cred *, struct inode *);
extern int cred_fscmp(const struct cred *, const struct cred *);
extern void __init cred_init(void);
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index a6f686b30da1..12a7b1ce5131 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -620,29 +620,6 @@ int set_security_override(struct cred *new, u32 secid)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_security_override);
-/**
- * set_security_override_from_ctx - Set the security ID in a set of credentials
- * @new: The credentials to alter
- * @secctx: The LSM security context to generate the security ID from.
- *
- * Set the LSM security ID in a set of credentials so that the subjective
- * security is overridden when an alternative set of credentials is used. The
- * security ID is specified in string form as a security context to be
- * interpreted by the LSM.
- */
-int set_security_override_from_ctx(struct cred *new, const char *secctx)
-{
- u32 secid;
- int ret;
-
- ret = security_secctx_to_secid(secctx, strlen(secctx), &secid);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
- return set_security_override(new, secid);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_security_override_from_ctx);
-
/**
* set_create_files_as - Set the LSM file create context in a set of credentials
* @new: The credentials to alter
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