Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 panic crashes with RIP at "selinux_bprm_post_apply_creds"

Issue

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 panic crashes with RIP at "selinux_bprm_post_apply_creds"

crash 00399921_vmcore_kernel238 usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/2.6.18-238.1.1.el5/vmlinux 

 KERNEL: usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/2.6.18-238.1.1.el5/vmlinux
    DUMPFILE: 00399921_vmcore_kernel238
        CPUS: 16
        DATE: Thu Jan 27 06:20:57 2011
      UPTIME: 00:13:53
LOAD AVERAGE: 0.14, 0.09, 0.06
       TASKS: 291
    NODENAME: gnx10199
     RELEASE: 2.6.18-238.1.1.el5
     VERSION: #1 SMP Tue Jan 4 13:32:19 EST 2011
     MACHINE: x86_64  (2931 Mhz)
      MEMORY: 63.1 GB
       PANIC: ""
         PID: 5743
     COMMAND: "rpm"
        TASK: ffff811072365040  [THREAD_INFO: ffff811059a02000]
         CPU: 5
       STATE: TASK_RUNNING (PANIC)

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crash> log

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general protection fault: 0000 [1] SMP 
last sysfs file: /class/misc/autofs/dev
CPU 5 
Modules linked in: nfs fscache nfs_acl autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth lockd sunrpc xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables dm_mirror dm_multipath scsi_dh video backlight sbs power_meter hwmon i2c_ec i2c_core dell_wmi wmi button battery asus_acpi acpi_memhotplug ac ipv6 xfrm_nalgo crypto_api parport_pc lp parport joydev sg shpchp ide_cd tpm_tis tpm tpm_bios bnx2 cdrom pcspkr dm_raid45 dm_message dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod dm_mem_cache ata_piix libata megaraid_sas sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd
Pid: 5743, comm: rpm Not tainted 2.6.18-238.1.1.el5 #1
RIP: 0010:[]  [] selinux_bprm_post_apply_creds+0xad/0x453
RSP: 0018:ffff811059a03cb8  EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0001001000000000 RBX: ffff811075cd3000 RCX: ffff811072365040
RDX: ffff81105a0fee48 RSI: 0000003a20000a70 RDI: ffffffff8044c300
RBP: 0000003a2021bb90 R08: 0000000000000292 R09: ffff811062504600
R10: ffff81105b1dd378 R11: ffffffff801312af R12: 0000003a20000a70
R13: ffff811062961200 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff811066f8eda0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff810139dbd4c0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000003a2021cae8 CR3: 000000105a172000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Process rpm (pid: 5743, threadinfo ffff811059a02000, task ffff811072365040)
Stack:  00000000fffffff4 00007fff673fc000 ffff810139f60fe0 ffff8110783b7680
 ffff81105b1dd348 0000000000000873 ffff81105b1dd378 ffff81105b1dd380
 0000000000000292 ffffffff80030319 0000000000004000 ffff81107ac491ec
Call Trace:
 [] __up_write+0x27/0xf2
 [] selinux_bprm_apply_creds+0x19/0xc2
 [] load_elf_binary+0x10c7/0x1918
 [] copy_strings+0x20a/0x23d
 [] search_binary_handler+0xbb/0x26d
 [] do_execve+0x151/0x1ed
 [] sys_execve+0x36/0x4c
 [] stub_execve+0x67/0xb0


Code: 48 8b 70 10 65 48 8b 3c 25 00 00 00 00 31 c9 ba 06 00 00 00 
RIP  [] selinux_bprm_post_apply_creds+0xad/0x453
 RSP 

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crash> bt
PID: 5743   TASK: ffff811072365040  CPU: 5   COMMAND: "rpm"
 #0 [ffff811059a03a90] crash_kexec at ffffffff800af85a
 #1 [ffff811059a03b50] __die at ffffffff80065117
 #2 [ffff811059a03b90] die at ffffffff8006c73a
 #3 [ffff811059a03bc0] do_general_protection at ffffffff8006555f
 #4 [ffff811059a03c00] error_exit at ffffffff8005dde9
    [exception RIP: selinux_bprm_post_apply_creds+173]
    RIP: ffffffff8013135c  RSP: ffff811059a03cb8  RFLAGS: 00010286
    RAX: 0001001000000000  RBX: ffff811075cd3000  RCX: ffff811072365040
    RDX: ffff81105a0fee48  RSI: 0000003a20000a70  RDI: ffffffff8044c300
    RBP: 0000003a2021bb90   R8: 0000000000000292   R9: ffff811062504600
    R10: ffff81105b1dd378  R11: ffffffff801312af  R12: 0000003a20000a70
    R13: ffff811062961200  R14: 0000000000000000  R15: ffff811066f8eda0
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 #5 [ffff811059a03d80] load_elf_binary at ffffffff80019434
 #6 [ffff811059a03eb0] search_binary_handler at ffffffff8003fa56
 #7 [ffff811059a03ee0] do_execve at ffffffff8003efd9
 #8 [ffff811059a03f20] sys_execve at ffffffff80055086
 #9 [ffff811059a03f50] stub_execve at ffffffff8005d4d3
    RIP: 0000003a2109a3f7  RSP: 00007fffd16b63b8  RFLAGS: 00000203
    RAX: 000000000000003b  RBX: 00000000115cfa30  RCX: ffffffffffffffff
    RDX: 00000000115bf140  RSI: 00000000115cfa30  RDI: 00000000115bdd90
    RBP: 00000000115bdc48   R8: 0000000000000000   R9: 00007fffd16b6328
    R10: 0000000000000004  R11: 0000000000000203  R12: 00000000115bdd90
    R13: 00000000115ce440  R14: 00002b6d5c1dd880  R15: 00000000115ae010
    ORIG_RAX: 000000000000003b  CS: 0033  SS: 002b

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crash> sym ffffffff8013135c
ffffffff8013135c (t) selinux_bprm_post_apply_creds+173  ../debug/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64/security/selinux/hooks.c: 1843