linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 34/58] audit: fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter

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Date:   Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:14:51 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@...wei.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 34/58] audit: fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules

From: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@...wei.com>

commit 6e3ee990c90494561921c756481d0e2125d8b895 upstream.

Fix  possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules.

audit_filter_rules() error: we previously assumed 'ctx' could be null

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: bf361231c295 ("audit: add saddr_fam filter field")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 kernel/auditsc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct tas
 			result = audit_comparator(audit_loginuid_set(tsk), f->op, f->val);
 			break;
 		case AUDIT_SADDR_FAM:
-			if (ctx->sockaddr)
+			if (ctx && ctx->sockaddr)
 				result = audit_comparator(ctx->sockaddr->ss_family,
 							  f->op, f->val);
 			break;