Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Fix redundant check against unsigned int in broken audit test fix for exec arg len

From: Mustapha Abiola <hi(a)mustapha.org&gt; Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:01:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Fix redundant check against unsigned int in broken audit test fix for exec arg len Quick patch to fix the needless check of `len` being < 0 as its an unsigned int. Signed-off-by: Mustapha Abiola <hi(a)mustapha.org&gt; --- kernel/auditsc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c index e85bdfd..0012476 100644 --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ static int audit_log_single_execve_arg(struct audit_context *context, * for strings that are too long, we should not have created * any. */ - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(len < 0 || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN - 1)) { + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN - 1)) { send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0); return -1; } -- 1.9.1