Richard A Nelson <cowboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mar 24 21:09:20 el-ghor kernel: IP: [<ffffffff803628b7>] inode_has_perm+0x2c/0x72 > ... > Mar 24 14:33:54 bandit-hall kernel: IP: [<c021ba99>] selinux_key_alloc+0x26/0x3b This looks suspiciously like current->cred->security might be NULL. Can you try running with the attached patch applied to your kernel? David --- diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 3a03918..67f4de9 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ struct cred *prepare_creds(void) if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL) < 0) goto error; +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!new->security); +#endif return new; error: @@ -250,6 +253,9 @@ struct cred *prepare_usermodehelper_creds(void) #endif if (security_prepare_creds(new, &init_cred, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) goto error; +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!new->security); +#endif BUG_ON(atomic_read(&new->usage) != 1); return new; @@ -331,6 +337,9 @@ int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long clone_flags) atomic_inc(&new->user->processes); p->cred = p->real_cred = get_cred(new); +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!new->security); +#endif return 0; error_put: @@ -360,6 +369,9 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new) BUG_ON(task->cred != task->real_cred); BUG_ON(atomic_read(&task->real_cred->usage) < 2); BUG_ON(atomic_read(&new->usage) < 1); +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!new->security); +#endif old = task->real_cred; security_commit_creds(new, old); @@ -444,6 +456,10 @@ const struct cred *override_creds(const struct cred *new) { const struct cred *old = current->cred; +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!old->security); + WARN_ON(!new->security); +#endif rcu_assign_pointer(current->cred, get_cred(new)); return old; } @@ -460,6 +476,10 @@ void revert_creds(const struct cred *old) { const struct cred *override = current->cred; +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!old->security); + WARN_ON(!override->security); +#endif rcu_assign_pointer(current->cred, old); put_cred(override); } @@ -507,6 +527,10 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon) else old = get_cred(&init_cred); +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!old->security); +#endif + *new = *old; get_uid(new->user); get_group_info(new->group_info); @@ -527,6 +551,9 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon) atomic_set(&new->usage, 1); put_cred(old); +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX + WARN_ON(!new->security); +#endif return new; error: diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c index 7c52ba2..25bb304 100644 --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c @@ -3236,7 +3236,7 @@ static int selinux_task_create(unsigned long clone_flags) static void selinux_cred_free(struct cred *cred) { struct task_security_struct *tsec = cred->security; - cred->security = NULL; + cred->security = (void *) 0x7UL; kfree(tsec); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html