[PATCH 1/2] audit: drop BUG_ON() from audit_add_to_parent()
From: Ricardo Robaina
Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 10:24:12 EST
The BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&audit_filter_mutex)) check in
audit_add_to_parent() will panic the kernel if the mutex is not held,
which is too severe for this situation.
Replace it with lockdep_assert_held(), instead.
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/audit_watch.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 06dd0ebe73e2..4ac8a91e9ba8 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void audit_add_to_parent(struct audit_krule *krule,
struct audit_watch *w, *watch = krule->watch;
int watch_found = 0;
- BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&audit_filter_mutex));
+ lockdep_assert_held(&audit_filter_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(w, &parent->watches, wlist) {
if (strcmp(watch->path, w->path))
--
2.53.0