Re: Kernel audit code bugs in Debian stable

[dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>]

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 04:55:59PM +0300, Sergey Sireskin wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to report, that current Debian 2.6.26-2 kernel packages are unstable (soft and hard locks occur) when intensively using audit features. There are already fixes by Eric Paris and Al Viro for these bugs in mainline kernel. These patches should be included in Debian kernels as well. Otherwise Debian kernels are competely useless in cases when audit system is enabled and audit.rules are configured.
> 
> The following patch commits have to be included:
> def57543418a5f47debae28a0a9dea2effc11692
> 8f7b0ba1c853919b85b54774775f567f30006107
> 
> As well as these two patches on top of them:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1169784
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1169785

Thanks Sergey.
Would you mind filing a bug for these so it can be tracked?

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dann frazier