feat: special-case kernel.printk in sysctl audit#1890
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Under certain error conditions, the kernel will automatically increase the console log level. This results in the `kernel.printk` sysctl being set to `15 3 3 3` even if it was previously set to the expected value of `3 3 3 3`.
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Under certain error conditions, the kernel will automatically increase the console log level. This results in the
kernel.printksysctl being set to15 3 3 3even if it was previously set to the expected value of3 3 3 3.