linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.20.17 review 00/58] 2.6.20.17 -stable review

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Message-ID: <46CD6BF4.2080101@googlemail.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:13:56 +0200
From:	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
CC:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.20.17 review 00/58] 2.6.20.17 -stable review

Willy Tarreau pisze:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 03:15:14PM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 19:50 +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
>>> On 22/08/07, Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com> wrote:
>>>> On 22/08/07, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>> The previous problem is theoretically unrelated.  It arose via a separate
>>>>> mechanism which can't be used at the same as the one you're seeing now in
>>>>> the logs.
>>>>>
>>>>> So this either looks like a problem which has gone unnoticed and was
>>>>> inadvertently fixed at some point, or is unique to the 2.6.20 stable
>>>>> series.
>>>> Yup, it is very interesting why no one noticed it. Binary search in progress:
>>>> good - 2.6.20.4
>>>> bad - 2.6.20.8
>>> Ok, I narrowed the problem to 2.6.20.7. There are a few net changes
>>> http://eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.7
>>> any suggestions?
>>>
>>> I also have seen this avc on 2.6.20.6 during reboot
>>>
>>> [ 2333.905944] audit(1187803699.273:271): avc:  denied  { send } for
>>> saddr=192.168.1.70 src=48591 daddr=72.14.217.189 dest=80 netif=eth0
>>> scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
>>> tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 tclass=packet
>>> [ 2334.420598] audit(1187803699.789:272): avc:  denied  { send } for
>>> saddr=192.168.1.70 src=47248 daddr=66.249.91.18 dest=80 netif=eth0
>>> scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0
>>> tcontext=system_u:system_r:kernel_t:s0 tclass=packet
>>>
>>> so the roots of the problem may lie between 2.6.20.4 and 2.6.20.6
>>>
>>> http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/tbf/bitis-gabonica/2.6.20.17-rc1/console2.log
>> Might be related to this:
>> http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=118271540932264&w=2
> 
> Interesting, this one was fixed in 2.6.22-rc6, but is neither in 2.6.20
> nor in 2.6.21. Michal, could you please try to apply the patch ? I include
> it here for your convenience. If it fixes your problem, I can queue it for
> next 2.6.20-stable, and forward it to the -stable team for 2.6.21 in case
> Greg and Chris plan to release another one.
> 

I confirm that this patch fixes the problem.

Regards,
Michal

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