Re: [PATCH 0/2] Version 9 (2.6.24-rc1) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel

From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Sat Oct 27 2007 - 14:47:34 EST



--- Joshua Brindle <method@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > The Smack patch and Paul Moore's netlabel API patch,
> > together for 2.6.24-rc1. Paul's changes are identical
> > to the previous posting, but it's been a while so they're
> > here again.
> >
> > The sole intent of change has been to address locking
> > and/or list processing issues. Please don't hesitate to
> > point out any problems that you might see or suggest
> > alternatives where things might not be to your liking.
> >
> > This version is aimed at 2.6.24, and has been tested
> > against 2.6.24-rc1.
> >
> with both of these patches applied to 2.6.24-rc1 I get the following
> oops when nfsd starts:
>
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> 0000013c
> printing eip: c01d7e39 *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>
> ....

Thanks for the bug report. I have just discovered that it is possible
to have a virtual disk go virtually bad under VMware. I will be
looking at this as soon as I recover.


Casey Schaufler
casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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