[rsbac] Kernel 2.4.27 + RSBAC 1.2.3 Problem

[Patrique Wolfrum]

Hello,

I tried (again) to upgrade my working RSBAC 1.2.2 installation to RSBAC 
1.2.3 after compiling the newest RSBAC prepatched kernel. In the last 
attempts, RSBAC 1.2.3 booted, but then the RSBAC RC rules weren't 
accessible. This time, the boot went well, until the login prompt should 
have been showing up. The login prompt didn't show up, and the systen 
hang. Booting again with 1.2.2 everything worked fine again.

In the log-file, the following messages were found:

kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: rsbac_acl_get_single_right(): Could not lookup device, blindly granting access!
kernel: rsbac_adf_request(): request GET_STATUS_DATA, pid 1564, ppid 1, prog_name mingetty, uid 0, target_type FILE, tid Device 00:00 Inode 1033 Path socket:/[1033], attr none, value 0, result NOT_GRANTED (Softmode) by RC
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: rsbac_acl_get_single_right(): Could not lookup device, blindly granting access!
kernel: rsbac_acl_get_single_right(): Could not lookup device, blindly granting access!
kernel: rsbac_acl_get_single_right(): Could not lookup device, blindly granting access!
kernel: rsbac_adf_request(): request GET_STATUS_DATA, pid 1565, ppid 1, prog_name mingetty, uid 0, target_type FILE, tid Device 00:00 Inode 1033 Path socket:/[1033], attr none, value 0, result NOT_GRANTED (Softmode) by RC
kernel: rsbac_adf_request(): request GET_STATUS_DATA, pid 1568, ppid 1, prog_name mingetty, uid 0, target_type FILE, tid Device 00:00 Inode 1033 Path socket:/[1033], attr none, value 0, result NOT_GRANTED (Softmode) by RC
kernel: rsbac_adf_request(): request GET_STATUS_DATA, pid 1566, ppid 1, prog_name mingetty, uid 0, target_type FILE, tid Device 00:00 Inode 1033 Path socket:/[1033], attr none, value 0, result NOT_GRANTED (Softmode) by RC
kernel: rsbac_acl_get_single_right(): Could not lookup device, blindly granting access!
kernel: rsbac_adf_request(): request GET_STATUS_DATA, pid 1567, ppid 1, prog_name mingetty, uid 0, target_type FILE, tid Device 00:00 Inode 1033 Path socket:/[1033], attr none, value 0, result NOT_GRANTED (Softmode) by RC
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: rsbac_acl_get_single_right(): Could not lookup device, blindly granting access!
kernel: rsbac_adf_request(): request GET_STATUS_DATA, pid 1569, ppid 1, prog_name mingetty, uid 0, target_type FILE, tid Device 00:00 Inode 1033 Path socket:/[1033], attr none, value 0, result NOT_GRANTED (Softmode) by RC
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: check_comp_rc: rsbac_get_attr() for rc_type_fd returned error!
kernel: rsbac_get_super_block(): device 00:00 not yet available, sleeping
kernel: rsbac_acl_get_single_right(): Could not lookup device, blindly granting access!
kernel: rsbac_adf_request(): request GET_STATUS_DATA, pid 1564, ppid 1, prog_name mingetty, uid 0, target_type FILE, tid Device 00:00 Inode 1315 Path socket:/[1315], attr none, value 0, result NOT_GRANTED (Softmode) by RC

This goes on for several pages (on my 19'' LCD display).

Since now the 2.4.28 kernel is standing on the doorstep, my question is, 
what can be the cause for this behaviour, and can this be fixed ?

Some information to the system used:

2 * Intel Xeon 3,06 GHz
3 * 147,8 GB SCSI-320 HDD (RAID-5; connected to a ServeRAID 5i card)
2 GB RAM

Linux distribution: SuSE Linux 8.2

Thank you very much in advance.

Kind regards.
    Patrique Wolfrum

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Patrique Wolfrum 
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
Institut für allgemeine Wirtschaftsforschung
Abteilung für Wirtschaftsinformatik
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