Hello, The below patch closes an unbounded use of name_count. This can lead to oopses in some new file systems. Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com&gt; diff -urp linux-2.6.17.x86_64.orig/kernel/auditsc.c linux-2.6.17.x86_64/kernel/auditsc.c --- linux-2.6.17.x86_64.orig/kernel/auditsc.c 2006-08-29 11:21:20.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.17.x86_64/kernel/auditsc.c 2006-08-29 15:15:28.000000000 -0400 @@ -1281,7 +1281,15 @@ void __audit_inode(const char *name, con * associated name? */ if (context->name_count >= AUDIT_NAMES - AUDIT_NAMES_RESERVED) return; - idx = context->name_count++; + idx = context->name_count; + if (context->name_count == (AUDIT_NAMES - 1)) { + printk(KERN_DEBUG + "name_count maxed and losing entry [%d]=%s\n", + context->name_count, + context->names[context->name_count].name ?: + "(null)"); + } else + context->name_count++; context->names[idx].name = NULL; #if AUDIT_DEBUG ++context->ino_count; @@ -1333,7 +1341,13 @@ void __audit_inode_child(const char *dna } update_context: - idx = context->name_count++; + idx = context->name_count; + if (context->name_count == (AUDIT_NAMES - 1)) { + printk(KERN_DEBUG "name_count maxed and losing entry [%d]=%s\n", + context->name_count, + context->names[context->name_count].name ?: "(null)"); + } else + context->name_count++; #if AUDIT_DEBUG context->ino_count++; #endif @@ -1351,7 +1365,15 @@ update_context: /* A parent was not found in audit_names, so copy the inode data for the * provided parent. */ if (!found_name) { - idx = context->name_count++; + idx = context->name_count; + if (context->name_count == (AUDIT_NAMES - 1)) { + printk(KERN_DEBUG + "name_count maxed and losing entry [%d]=%s\n", + context->name_count, + context->names[context->name_count].name ?: + "(null)"); + } else + context->name_count++; #if AUDIT_DEBUG context->ino_count++; #endif