From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 83230351c523b04ff8a029a4bdf97d881ecb96fc upstream. audit_log_start() returns audit_buffer pointer on success or NULL on error, so it is better to check the return value of it. Fixes: 3323eec921ef ("integrity: IMA as an integrity service provider") Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- security/integrity/integrity_audit.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/security/integrity/integrity_audit.c +++ b/security/integrity/integrity_audit.c @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ void integrity_audit_message(int audit_m return; ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, audit_msgno); + if (!ab) + return; audit_log_format(ab, "pid=%d uid=%u auid=%u ses=%u", task_pid_nr(current), from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()),