diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index b642b5faca65..d79218bf075a 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
 #include <uapi/linux/audit.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fanotify.h>
 
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_ALL (AUDIT_STATUS_ENABLED | \
+			  AUDIT_STATUS_FAILURE | \
+			  AUDIT_STATUS_PID | \
+			  AUDIT_STATUS_RATE_LIMIT | \
+			  AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_LIMIT | \
+			  AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME | \
+			  AUDIT_STATUS_LOST | \
+			  AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME_ACTUAL)
+
 #define AUDIT_INO_UNSET ((unsigned long)-1)
 #define AUDIT_DEV_UNSET ((dev_t)-1)
 
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 08793e71b975..e1d489bc2dff 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,8 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
 		/* guard against past and future API changes */
 		memcpy(&s, data, min_t(size_t, sizeof(s), data_len));
+		if (s.mask & ~AUDIT_STATUS_ALL)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		if (s.mask & AUDIT_STATUS_ENABLED) {
 			err = audit_set_enabled(s.enabled);
 			if (err < 0)