linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] audit: fix oops removing watch if audit disabled

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Message-ID: <20070620223820.GA16416@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:38:20 -0700
From:	Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>
To:	linux-audit@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] audit: fix oops removing watch if audit disabled

Removing a watched file will oops if audit is disabled (auditctl -e 0).

To reproduce:
- auditctl -e 1
- touch /tmp/foo
- auditctl -w /tmp/foo
- auditctl -e 0
- rm /tmp/foo (or mv)

Signed-off-by: Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>
---

diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 74cc0fc..ce61f42 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct au
 
 		/* If the update involves invalidating rules, do the inode-based
 		 * filtering now, so we don't omit records. */
-		if (invalidating &&
+		if (invalidating && current->audit_context &&
 		    audit_filter_inodes(current, current->audit_context) == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT)
 			audit_set_auditable(current->audit_context);
 
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