oss-security - CVE request: kernel: ext4: init timer earlier to avoid a kernel panic in __save_error

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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:38:45 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...ntu.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: CVE request: kernel: ext4: init timer earlier to avoid a kernel
 panic in __save_error_info

This came to our attention:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0449641130f5
by way of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/801087 and
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32082

"During mount, when we fail to open journal inode or root inode, the
__save_error_info will mod_timer. But actually s_err_report isn't
initialized yet and the kernel oops."

Thanks,

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team

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