netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 03/14] selinux: Fix a problem in security_netlbl_sid_to

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.1.10.0809051852460.2526@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:53:11 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
cc:	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 03/14] selinux: Fix a problem in
 security_netlbl_sid_to_secattr()

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Paul Moore wrote:

> Currently when SELinux fails to allocate memory in
> security_netlbl_sid_to_secattr() the NetLabel LSM domain field is set to
> NULL which triggers the default NetLabel LSM domain mapping which may not
> always be the desired mapping.  This patch fixes this by returning an error
> when the kernel is unable to allocate memory.  This could result in more
> failures on a system with heavy memory pressure but it is the "correct"
> thing to do.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>

Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>


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