Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] BSD Secure Levels: claim block dev in file struct rather than inode struct, 2.6.11-rc2-mm1 (3/8) | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:47:55 -0500 |
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:24:50 CST, Michael Halcrow said:
> While the program is waiting for a keystroke, mount the block device. > Enter a keystroke. The result without the patch is 1, which is a > security violation. This occurs because the bd_release function will > bd_release(bdev) and set inode->i_security to NULL on the close(fd1).
Sounds like a bug, not a feature. Should it be zeroing out inode->i_security for an inode with a non-zero reference count? [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |