Re: [PATCH] audit: use copied skb length in kauditd_send_multicast_skb()

[Paul Moore]

On Aug 10, 2026 Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The netlink header's nlmsg_len was being set using the original skb
> instead of the local copy passed to nlmsg_multicast().
> 
> While skb->len and copy->len are identical at this point following
> skb_copy(), it is conceptually cleaner and safer to use the length
> of the skb being actively modified and sent. Thus, this is a minor
> cleanup only, no functional change expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/audit.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Looks reasonable.  Merged into audit/dev-staging, will be moved to
audit/dev next week.

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