linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SELinux: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in selinux_inode

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Message-ID: <20140109222809.GL10323@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jan 2014 22:28:10 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SELinux: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in
 selinux_inode_permission()

On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 11:05:45AM -0500, 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...

Unrelated bug.

> > Assuming the VFS guys say that delaying __destroy_inode() is safe like
> > that, I like it better.  It also means that this is fixed for all LSMs,
> > not just SELinux...

Recall what your own code called from __destroy_inode() (fsnotify horrors)
is doing - you can't grab a mutex from RCU callback...
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