security: remove the security_netlink_recv hook as it is equivalent to capable()

[mirror_ubuntu-bionic-kernel.git] / security / commoncap.c

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 89f02ff66af970dfb4c5d531d72d8ef373737a4a..7817a763444d56f002420b9c377288ec3c016015 100644 (file)
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -56,14 +56,6 @@ int cap_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
        return 0;
 }
 
-int cap_netlink_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, int cap)
-{
-       if (!cap_raised(current_cap(), cap))
-               return -EPERM;
-       return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_netlink_recv);
-
 /**
  * cap_capable - Determine whether a task has a particular effective capability
  * @cred: The credentials to use