diff --git a/security/dummy.c b/security/dummy.c
index f1a5bd9..6febe7d 100644
--- a/security/dummy.c
+++ b/security/dummy.c
@@ -558,6 +558,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int dummy_ipc_getsecurity(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp, void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static int dummy_msg_msg_alloc_security (struct msg_msg *msg)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -959,6 +964,7 @@
 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_reparent_to_init);
  	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_to_inode);
 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, ipc_permission);
+	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, ipc_getsecurity);
 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, msg_msg_alloc_security);
 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, msg_msg_free_security);
 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, msg_queue_alloc_security);
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index b65c201..9c08a19 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -117,6 +117,32 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(superblock_security_head);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sb_security_lock);
 
+/* Return security context for a given sid or just the context 
+   length if the buffer is null or length is 0 */
+static int selinux_getsecurity(u32 sid, void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	char *context;
+	unsigned len;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = security_sid_to_context(sid, &context, &len);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	if (!buffer || !size)
+		goto getsecurity_exit;
+
+	if (size < len) {
+		len = -ERANGE;
+		goto getsecurity_exit;
+	}
+	memcpy(buffer, context, len);
+
+getsecurity_exit:
+	kfree(context);
+	return len;
+}
+
 /* Allocate and free functions for each kind of security blob. */
 
 static int task_alloc_security(struct task_struct *task)
@@ -2209,6 +2235,11 @@
 	return -EACCES;
 }
 
+static const char *selinux_inode_xattr_getsuffix(void)
+{
+      return XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX;
+}
+
 /*
  * Copy the in-core inode security context value to the user.  If the
  * getxattr() prior to this succeeded, check to see if we need to
@@ -2219,44 +2250,11 @@
 static int selinux_inode_getsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size, int err)
 {
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
-	char *context;
-	unsigned len;
-	int rc;
 
-	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX)) {
-		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	rc = security_sid_to_context(isec->sid, &context, &len);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* Probe for required buffer size */
-	if (!buffer || !size) {
-		rc = len;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-
-	if (size < len) {
-		rc = -ERANGE;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-
-	if (err > 0) {
-		if ((len == err) && !(memcmp(context, buffer, len))) {
-			/* Don't need to canonicalize value */
-			rc = err;
-			goto out_free;
-		}
-		memset(buffer, 0, size);
-	}
-	memcpy(buffer, context, len);
-	rc = len;
-out_free:
-	kfree(context);
-out:
-	return rc;
+	return selinux_getsecurity(isec->sid, buffer, size);
 }
 
 static int selinux_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
@@ -4022,6 +4020,13 @@
 	return ipc_has_perm(ipcp, av);
 }
 
+static int selinux_ipc_getsecurity(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp, void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	struct ipc_security_struct *isec = ipcp->security;
+
+	return selinux_getsecurity(isec->sid, buffer, size);
+}
+
 /* module stacking operations */
 static int selinux_register_security (const char *name, struct security_operations *ops)
 {
@@ -4063,8 +4068,7 @@
 			       char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	struct task_security_struct *tsec;
-	u32 sid, len;
-	char *context;
+	u32 sid;
 	int error;
 
 	if (current != p) {
@@ -4073,9 +4077,6 @@
 			return error;
 	}
 
-	if (!size)
-		return -ERANGE;
-
 	tsec = p->security;
 
 	if (!strcmp(name, "current"))
@@ -4092,16 +4093,7 @@
 	if (!sid)
 		return 0;
 
-	error = security_sid_to_context(sid, &context, &len);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-	if (len > size) {
-		kfree(context);
-		return -ERANGE;
-	}
-	memcpy(value, context, len);
-	kfree(context);
-	return len;
+	return selinux_getsecurity(sid, value, size);
 }
 
 static int selinux_setprocattr(struct task_struct *p,
@@ -4259,6 +4251,7 @@
 	.inode_getxattr =		selinux_inode_getxattr,
 	.inode_listxattr =		selinux_inode_listxattr,
 	.inode_removexattr =		selinux_inode_removexattr,
+	.inode_xattr_getsuffix =        selinux_inode_xattr_getsuffix,
 	.inode_getsecurity =            selinux_inode_getsecurity,
 	.inode_setsecurity =            selinux_inode_setsecurity,
 	.inode_listsecurity =           selinux_inode_listsecurity,
@@ -4296,6 +4289,7 @@
 	.task_to_inode =                selinux_task_to_inode,
 
 	.ipc_permission =		selinux_ipc_permission,
+	.ipc_getsecurity =		selinux_ipc_getsecurity,
 
 	.msg_msg_alloc_security =	selinux_msg_msg_alloc_security,
 	.msg_msg_free_security =	selinux_msg_msg_free_security,