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-rw-r--r--kernel/audit.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index ad77d1e80895..873b965fdc58 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -608,8 +608,18 @@ static int audit_netlink_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 msg_type)
int err = 0;
/* Only support initial user namespace for now. */
+ /*
+ * We return ECONNREFUSED because it tricks userspace into thinking
+ * that audit was not configured into the kernel. Lots of users
+ * configure their PAM stack (because that's what the distro does)
+ * to reject login if unable to send messages to audit. If we return
+ * ECONNREFUSED the PAM stack thinks the kernel does not have audit
+ * configured in and will let login proceed. If we return EPERM
+ * userspace will reject all logins. This should be removed when we
+ * support non init namespaces!!
+ */
if ((current_user_ns() != &init_user_ns))
- return -EPERM;
+ return -ECONNREFUSED;
switch (msg_type) {
case AUDIT_LIST:
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