1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.c
index 98a416381e61..42f12bd65964 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.c
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
 #include "netlabel_cipso_v4.h"
 #include "netlabel_user.h"
 
+/* do not do any auditing if audit_enabled == 0, see kernel/audit.c for
+ * details */
+extern int audit_enabled;
+
 /*
  * NetLabel NETLINK Setup Functions
  */
@@ -101,6 +105,9 @@ struct audit_buffer *netlbl_audit_start_common(int type,
         char *secctx;
         u32 secctx_len;
 
+        if (audit_enabled == 0)
+                return NULL;
+
         audit_buf = audit_log_start(audit_ctx, GFP_ATOMIC, type);
         if (audit_buf == NULL)
                 return NULL;