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

[Ricardo Robaina]

Thanks, Paul!

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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