Re: CVE request: kernel: ext4: init timer earlier to avoid a kernel panic in __save_error_info

[Eugene Teo <eugene () redhat com>]

On 06/24/2011 05:38 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> 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."

Please use this CVE-2011-2493.

Thanks, Eugene