From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 067a436b1b0aafa593344fddd711a755a58afb3b ] This patch prevents the following oops: [ 10.771813] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000 [...] [ 10.779790] RIP: 0010:ima_match_policy+0xf7/0xb80 [...] [ 10.798576] Call Trace: [ 10.798993] ? ima_lsm_policy_change+0x2b0/0x2b0 [ 10.799753] ? inode_init_owner+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 10.800484] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x7a/0xd0 [ 10.801592] ima_must_appraise.part.0+0xb6/0xf0 [ 10.802313] ? ima_fix_xattr.isra.0+0xd0/0xd0 [ 10.803167] ima_must_appraise+0x4f/0x70 [ 10.804004] ima_post_path_mknod+0x2e/0x80 [ 10.804800] do_mknodat+0x396/0x3c0 It occurs when there is a failure during IMA initialization, and ima_init_policy() is not called. IMA hooks still call ima_match_policy() but ima_rules is NULL. This patch prevents the crash by directly assigning the ima_default_policy pointer to ima_rules when ima_rules is defined. This wouldn't alter the existing behavior, as ima_rules is always set at the end of ima_init_policy(). Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.7.x Fixes: 07f6a79415d7d ("ima: add appraise action keywords and default rules") Reported-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c index 3997e206f82d..0ddc8cb6411b 100644 --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static struct ima_rule_entry default_appraise_rules[] = { static LIST_HEAD(ima_default_rules); static LIST_HEAD(ima_policy_rules); -static struct list_head *ima_rules; +static struct list_head *ima_rules = &ima_default_rules; static DEFINE_MUTEX(ima_rules_mutex); @@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ void __init ima_init_policy(void) &ima_default_rules); } - ima_rules = &ima_default_rules; } /** -- 2.25.1