Index: linux-2.6.9/include/linux/netlink.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/include/linux/netlink.h	2004-12-02 16:08:23.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.9/include/linux/netlink.h	2004-12-02 16:14:17.000000000 -0600
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 extern void netlink_detach(int unit);
 extern int netlink_post(int unit, struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern struct sock *netlink_kernel_create(int unit, void (*input)(struct sock *sk, int len));
+extern int netlink_get_msgtype(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err);
 extern int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid, int nonblock);
 extern int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid,
Index: linux-2.6.9/kernel/audit.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/kernel/audit.c	2004-12-02 16:02:22.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.9/kernel/audit.c	2004-12-02 17:44:06.000000000 -0600
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@
 				 &status_set, sizeof(status_set));
 		break;
 	case AUDIT_SET:
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
+		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_status))
+			return -EINVAL;
 		status_get   = (struct audit_status *)data;
 		if (status_get->mask & AUDIT_STATUS_ENABLED) {
 			err = audit_set_enabled(status_get->enabled);
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@
 		audit_log_end(ab);
 		break;
 	case AUDIT_LOGIN:
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
+		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_login))
+			return -EINVAL;
 		login = (struct audit_login *)data;
 		ab = audit_log_start(NULL);
 		if (ab) {
@@ -384,9 +384,12 @@
 					 login->loginuid);
 #endif
 		break;
-	case AUDIT_LIST:
 	case AUDIT_ADD:
 	case AUDIT_DEL:
+		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_rule))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		/* fallthrough */
+	case AUDIT_LIST:
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
 		err = audit_receive_filter(nlh->nlmsg_type, pid, uid, seq,
 					   data);
Index: linux-2.6.9/kernel/auditsc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/kernel/auditsc.c	2004-12-02 16:02:22.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.9/kernel/auditsc.c	2004-12-02 16:14:17.000000000 -0600
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@
 		audit_send_reply(pid, seq, AUDIT_LIST, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
 		break;
 	case AUDIT_ADD:
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
 		if (!(entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL)))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		if (audit_copy_rule(&entry->rule, data)) {
Index: linux-2.6.9/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2004-12-02 16:09:27.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.9/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2004-12-02 16:14:17.000000000 -0600
@@ -518,6 +518,15 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
+int netlink_get_msgtype(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)skb->data;
+
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(*nlh) || skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return nlh->nlmsg_type;
+}
+
 static int netlink_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr, int *addr_len, int peer)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
@@ -1511,6 +1520,7 @@
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_NETPROTO(PF_NETLINK);
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_get_msgtype);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_ack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_broadcast);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_dump_start);
Index: linux-2.6.9/security/commoncap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/security/commoncap.c	2004-12-02 16:08:24.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.9/security/commoncap.c	2004-12-02 18:13:34.150122064 -0600
@@ -23,11 +23,41 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+
+static int cap_netlink_audit_check (struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	int msgtype = netlink_get_msgtype(skb);
+
+	switch(msgtype) {
+		case 0:  /* not an audit msg */
+
+		case AUDIT_LIST:
+			return 0;
+
+		case AUDIT_SET:
+		case AUDIT_USER:
+		case AUDIT_LOGIN:
+
+		case AUDIT_ADD:
+		case AUDIT_DEL:
+			if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+				return -EPERM;
+			return 0;
+
+		default:  /* permission denied: bad msg */
+			return msgtype;
+	}
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_netlink_audit_check);
 
 int cap_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).eff_cap = current->cap_effective;
-	return 0;
+	if (sk->sk_protocol != NETLINK_AUDIT)
+		return 0;
+	return cap_netlink_audit_check(skb);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_netlink_send);
Index: linux-2.6.9/security/dummy.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/security/dummy.c	2004-12-02 16:08:24.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.9/security/dummy.c	2004-12-02 18:08:52.966868416 -0600
@@ -726,13 +726,40 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int dummy_netlink_audit_check (struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	int msgtype = netlink_get_msgtype(skb);
+
+	switch(msgtype) {
+		case 0:  /* not an audit msg */
+
+		case AUDIT_LIST:
+			return 0;
+
+		case AUDIT_SET:
+		case AUDIT_USER:
+		case AUDIT_LOGIN:
+
+		case AUDIT_ADD:
+		case AUDIT_DEL:
+			if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+				return -EPERM;
+			return 0;
+
+		default:  /* permission denied: bad msg */
+			return msgtype;
+	}
+}
+
 static int dummy_netlink_send (struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (current->euid == 0)
 		cap_raise (NETLINK_CB (skb).eff_cap, CAP_NET_ADMIN);
 	else
 		NETLINK_CB (skb).eff_cap = 0;
-	return 0;
+	if (sk->sk_protocol != NETLINK_AUDIT)
+		return 0;
+	return dummy_netlink_audit_check(skb);
 }
 
 static int dummy_netlink_recv (struct sk_buff *skb)