linux-kernel - Re: BUG at security/selinux/avc.c:883 (was: Re: linux-next: Tree for July 17: early crash on x86-64)

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Message-ID: <20080729003318.GE28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:33:18 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG at security/selinux/avc.c:883 (was: Re: linux-next: Tree
	for July 17: early crash on x86-64)

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 07:38:17AM +1000, James Morris wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> 
> > SELinux needs MAY_APPEND to be passed down to the security hook.
> > Otherwise, we get permission denials when only append permission is
> > granted by policy even if the opening process specified O_APPEND.
> > Shows up as a regression in the ltp selinux testsuite, fixed by
> > this patch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by:  Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
> 
> Applied to  
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6#hotfixes
> 
> 
> Al, holler if you want to push this through your tree.

Applied, will push along with other patches tonight...
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