1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 89335723fb2a..287b3d381174 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;