Make audit_init() failure path handle situations where the audit_panic() action is not AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC (default is AUDIT_FAIL_PRINTK). Other uses of audit_sock are not reached unless audit's netlink message handler is properly registered. Bug noticed by Peter Staubach. Signed-off-by: Amy Griffis <amy.griffis(a)hp.com&gt; diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 0a813d2..75861e3 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -519,8 +519,9 @@ static int __init audit_init(void) THIS_MODULE); if (!audit_sock) audit_panic("cannot initialize netlink socket"); + else + audit_sock->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT; - audit_sock->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT; skb_queue_head_init(&audit_skb_queue); audit_initialized = 1; audit_enabled = audit_default;