Re: [PATCH] SELinux: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference inselinux_inode_permission()

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Thu Jan 09 2014 - 15:21:07 EST


On Thu, 2014-01-09 at 11:10 -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> On 01/09/2014 11:05 AM, Eric Paris wrote:
> > [adding lsm and selinux]
> >
> > Am I just crazy, or was this bug discussed (and obviously not fixed)
> > some time ago?
> >
> > VFS can still use inodes after security_inode_free_security() was
> > called...
>
> I didn't know that was the case; originally when we added the hook it
> was not possible. I have seen a Red Hat bugzilla report about it,
> but no upstream discussion.

For those of us that don't have access to the RH bugzilla, can someone
please summarize the problem?

thanks,

Mimi



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