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diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 00411c82dac5..dfa0e4528b0b 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -473,3 +473,23 @@ bool capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(const struct inode *inode, int cap)
kgid_has_mapping(ns, inode->i_gid);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable_wrt_inode_uidgid);
+
+/**
+ * ptracer_capable - Determine if the ptracer holds CAP_SYS_PTRACE in the namespace
+ * @tsk: The task that may be ptraced
+ * @ns: The user namespace to search for CAP_SYS_PTRACE in
+ *
+ * Return true if the task that is ptracing the current task had CAP_SYS_PTRACE
+ * in the specified user namespace.
+ */
+bool ptracer_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns)
+{
+ int ret = 0; /* An absent tracer adds no restrictions */
+ const struct cred *cred;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ cred = rcu_dereference(tsk->ptracer_cred);
+ if (cred)
+ ret = security_capable_noaudit(cred, ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return (ret == 0);
+}