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-rw-r--r--kernel/audit.c19
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index a871bf80fde1..eff602c1aa79 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1378,11 +1378,14 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
return err < 0 ? err : 0;
}
-/*
- * Get message from skb. Each message is processed by audit_receive_msg.
- * Malformed skbs with wrong length are discarded silently.
+/**
+ * audit_receive - receive messages from a netlink control socket
+ * @skb: the message buffer
+ *
+ * Parse the provided skb and deal with any messages that may be present,
+ * malformed skbs are discarded.
*/
-static void audit_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
/*
@@ -1395,6 +1398,7 @@ static void audit_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
len = skb->len;
+ mutex_lock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
while (nlmsg_ok(nlh, len)) {
err = audit_receive_msg(skb, nlh);
/* if err or if this message says it wants a response */
@@ -1403,13 +1407,6 @@ static void audit_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
nlh = nlmsg_next(nlh, &len);
}
-}
-
-/* Receive messages from netlink socket. */
-static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
- mutex_lock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
- audit_receive_skb(skb);
mutex_unlock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
}