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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index c75522a83678..37c69ab561da 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1877,12 +1877,18 @@ void __audit_inode(struct filename *name, const struct dentry *dentry,
}
out_alloc:
- /* unable to find the name from a previous getname(). Allocate a new
- * anonymous entry.
- */
- n = audit_alloc_name(context, AUDIT_TYPE_NORMAL);
+ /* unable to find an entry with both a matching name and type */
+ n = audit_alloc_name(context, AUDIT_TYPE_UNKNOWN);
if (!n)
return;
+ if (name)
+ /* since name is not NULL we know there is already a matching
+ * name record, see audit_getname(), so there must be a type
+ * mismatch; reuse the string path since the original name
+ * record will keep the string valid until we free it in
+ * audit_free_names() */
+ n->name = name;
+
out:
if (parent) {
n->name_len = n->name ? parent_len(n->name->name) : AUDIT_NAME_FULL;