linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IMA: update ima_counts

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Date:	Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:59:10 -0400
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Ciprian Docan <docan@...n.rutgers.edu>,
	"J.R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IMA: update ima_counts_put

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Mimi Zohar<zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> - As ima_counts_put() may be called after the inode has been freed,
> verify that the inode is not NULL, before dereferencing it.
>
> - Maintain the IMA file counters in may_open() properly, decrementing
> any counter increments on subsequent errors.

This is a 2.6.31 regression introduced in 94e5d714f604d4cb4cb13

James can you push it along?

Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com
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