Merge branch 'master'; commit 'v2.6.38-rc7' into next

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index e276eb468536..c8d699270687 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3198,7 +3198,11 @@ static void selinux_cred_free(struct cred *cred)
 {
         struct task_security_struct *tsec = cred->security;
 
-        BUG_ON((unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE);
+        /*
+         * cred->security == NULL if security_cred_alloc_blank() or
+         * security_prepare_creds() returned an error.
+         */
+        BUG_ON(cred->security && (unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE);
         cred->security = (void *) 0x7UL;
         kfree(tsec);
 }