The function set_security_override_from_ctx() has no in-tree callers
since 6.14. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
---
 kernel/cred.c | 23 -----------------------
 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-)

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

Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:

> The function set_security_override_from_ctx() has no in-tree callers
> since 6.14. Remove it.

It's also declared in include/linux/cred.h

David

On 12/22/2025 2:19 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
>
>> The function set_security_override_from_ctx() has no in-tree callers
>> since 6.14. Remove it.
> It's also declared in include/linux/cred.h
>
> David

Yup. I realized that just after I hit send. V2 coming.