Re: tomoyo-init (tomoyo-tools) results in kernel panic on kernel2.6.35-git2/3

[Jiri Kosina]

On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> > Hi, i just compiled the 2.6.35-git3 kernel on my computer using debian 64 bit
> > as i did with all other kernels before.
> > Booting the git2/3 kernel results in a kernel panic because of
> > /sbin/tomoyo-init.
> > 
> > No problem with the 2.6.35 kernel.
> > 
> > I've to remane /sbin/tomoyo-init to boot the kernel.
> > Now i purged tomoyo-tools version 2.2.0-20100225 (aptitude purge tomoyo-tool) and everything works ok.
> > Sorry, i forgot to backup the tomoyo-init script.
> > 
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux xxxxxx 2.6.35-git3 #4 SMP Fri Aug 6 15:22:08 CEST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Thank you for using TOMOYO. TOMOYO has changed a lot in 2.6.36. Therefore,
> you need to upgrade tomoyo-tools package. I'm testing it now.
> You can upgrade it by doing
> 
> # wget -O tomoyo-tools.tar.gz 'http://sourceforge.jp/projects/tomoyo/svn/view/trunk/2.3.x/tomoyo-tools.tar.gz?root=tomoyo&view=tar'
> # tar -zxf tomoyo-tools.tar.gz
> # make -C tomoyo-tools/ install
> 
> Then, please delete (or rename) /etc/tomoyo/ directory and run
> /usr/lib/tomoyo/init_policy .
> 
> Please see http://tomoyo.sourceforge.jp/2.3/ for more information.

Still, if a legacy userspace application is able to cause kernel panic, 
that sounds like something we'd rather fix immediately.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

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