Re: [PATCH -next,v3 2/2] audit: return early if the rule has a lower priority

From: Paul Moore
Date: Mon Oct 18 2021 - 18:38:43 EST


On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 3:21 AM Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is not necessary for audit_filter_rules() functions to check
> audit fileds of the rule with a lower priority, and if we did,
> there might be some unintended effects, such as the ctx->ppid
> may be changed unexpectedly, so return early if the rule has
> a lower priority.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/auditsc.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Merged to audit/next, thanks!

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paul moore
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