On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Paul Moore wrote: > At some point during the 2.6.27 development cycle two new fields were added > to the SELinux context structure, a string pointer and a length field. The > code in selinux_secattr_to_sid() was not modified and as a result these two > fields were left uninitialized which could result in erratic behavior, > including kernel panics, when NetLabel is used. This patch fixes the > problem by fully initializing the context in selinux_secattr_to_sid() before > use and reducing the level of direct context manipulation done to help > prevent future problems. > > Please apply this to the 2.6.27-rcX release stream. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@xxxxxx> Applied to: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6#next -- James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.
