Quoting Wei Yongjun (weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx):
> In case of error, the function audit_log_start() returns NULL pointer
> not ERR_PTR(). The IS_ERR() test in the return value check should be
> replaced with NULL test.
>
> Fixes: fa516b66a1bf ("EVM: Allow runtime modification of the set of verified xattrs")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
> index 637eb99..77de71b 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
> @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ static ssize_t evm_write_xattrs(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> return -E2BIG;
>
> ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_INTEGRITY_EVM_XATTR);
> - if (IS_ERR(ab))
> - return PTR_ERR(ab);
> + if (!ab)
> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> xattr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xattr_list), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!xattr) {
