Re: [PATCH][STABLE] audit: correct AUDIT_GET_FEATURE return message type

From: Richard Guy Briggs
Date: Wed Oct 29 2014 - 12:29:41 EST


On 14/10/29, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 09:35:06AM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > When an AUDIT_GET_FEATURE message is sent from userspace to the kernel, it
> > should reply with a message tagged as an AUDIT_GET_FEATURE type with a struct
> > audit_feature. The current reply is a message tagged as an AUDIT_GET
> > type with a struct audit_feature.
> >
> > This appears to have been a cut-and-paste-eo in commit b0fed40.
> >
> > Reported-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.13-rc1
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/audit.c | 2 +-
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> Why did you send this directly to stable@vger? That's not how to get a
> patch into the stable kernel trees...

Sorry, you're right. It should be accepted upstream first. I'll go
back and make sure that gets done...

- RGB

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