1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 10f994307a04..582091498819 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -296,6 +296,17 @@ static int evm_protect_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
                 iint = integrity_iint_find(d_backing_inode(dentry));
                 if (iint && (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE))
                         return 0;
+
+                /* exception for pseudo filesystems */
+                if (dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_magic == TMPFS_MAGIC
+                    || dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_magic == SYSFS_MAGIC)
+                        return 0;
+
+                integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA,
+                                    dentry->d_inode, dentry->d_name.name,
+                                    "update_metadata",
+                                    integrity_status_msg[evm_status],
+                                    -EPERM, 0);
         }
 out:
         if (evm_status != INTEGRITY_PASS)