Re: Kernel Oops from afsd under the selinux kernel

[forrest whitcher <fw@fwsystems.com>]

Thanks!

removing the #ifndef _SELINUX_KERNEL_PATCH_ -- #endif ca line 650++ indeed 
solves it -- is this adding significant overhead? .. should I patch afsd
to call alloc_inode() so the test isn't being added to all calls?

forrest


On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 15:08:28 -0500 (EST) (unchecked - local sync NTPstrat4)
"Stephen D. Smalley" <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil> did inscribe thusly:

> 
> > I'm getting the following Oops running on a redhat 7.1 system with the
> > LSM/selinux patches. kernel 2.4.19. The system runs well in enforcing
> > mode (however this test is in non-enforcing mode because I can't really 
> > do the policy changes until I have a working afsd.
> 
> You might try the attached patch to see if it helps.  The AFS code might
> bypass alloc_inode() when allocating inodes, in which case the inode
> would not have an allocated security structure upon entry to inode_doinit.
> 
> --
> Stephen Smalley, NSA
> sds@epoch.ncsc.mil
> 

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