Bug 475147 – fix assorted audit_filter_task() panics on ctx == NULL

Bug 475147 - fix assorted audit_filter_task() panics on ctx == NULL

Summary:	fix assorted audit_filter_task() panics on ctx == NULL

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Alexander Viro
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Reported:	2008-12-08 02:25 EST by Alexander Viro
Modified:	2009-09-02 04:54 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2009-09-02 04:54:09 EDT
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Description Alexander Viro 2008-12-08 02:25:22 EST

audit_filter_task() and functions called by it fail to check if audit context is non-NULL in several places.  zhangxiliang <zhangxiliang@cn.fujitsu.com> had done fixes in the mainline tree and they apply in rhel5 as well

Comment 1 RHEL Product and Program Management 2009-01-27 15:38:29 EST

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 2 RHEL Product and Program Management 2009-02-16 10:45:09 EST

Updating PM score.

Comment 3 Don Zickus 2009-02-23 15:03:02 EST

in kernel-2.6.18-132.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team
has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so.  However feel free
to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-02 04:54:09 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html

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