commit ab61d38ed8cf670946d12dc46b9198b521c790ea tried to merge the invalid filter checking into a single function. However AUDIT_INODE filters were not verified in the new generic checker. Thus such rules were being denied even though they were perfectly valid. Ex: $ auditctl -a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F key=/foo -F inode=6955 -F devmajor=9 -F devminor=1 Error sending add rule data request (Invalid argument) Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/auditfilter.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c index f7aee8b..a87b08b 100644 --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c @@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ static int audit_field_valid(struct audit_entry *entry, struct audit_field *f) case AUDIT_DEVMINOR: case AUDIT_EXIT: case AUDIT_SUCCESS: + case AUDIT_INODE: /* bit ops are only useful on syscall args */ if (f->op == Audit_bitmask || f->op == Audit_bittest) return -EINVAL; -- 1.8.3.1