This patch avoids that evm_write_xattrs() returns an error when audit is not enabled. The ab variable can be NULL and still be passed to the other audit_log_() functions, as those functions do not include any instruction. Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c index ec3ed75a347d..07e263ae13e0 100644 --- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c +++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static ssize_t evm_write_xattrs(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_INTEGRITY_EVM_XATTR); - if (!ab) + if (!ab && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AUDIT)) return -ENOMEM; xattr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xattr_list), GFP_KERNEL); -- 2.25.1
