Re: [PATCH] selinux: fix sleeping allocation in security_context_to_sid (Was: + selinux-dopey-hack.patch added to -mm tree)

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On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 11:06 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 10:33:55 -0400 Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Fix a sleeping function called from invalid context bug by moving allocation
> > to the callers prior to taking the policy rdlock.
> 
> Looks good to me, from a quick peek.  If it passes testing please
> submit for 2.6.26 (if 2.6.26 needs it, which I think it does)..

AFAIK, it is only applicable to James' for-akpm branch, where a prior
patch targeted 2.6.27 introduced the bug in the first place.  So
shouldn't affect 2.6.26 at all.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency


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