diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 504e784b7ffa..2150bdccfbab 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ extern void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 extern int		    audit_update_lsm_rules(void);
 
 				/* Private API (for audit.c only) */
-extern int audit_rule_change(int type, __u32 portid, int seq,
-				void *data, size_t datasz);
+extern int audit_rule_change(int type, int seq, void *data, size_t datasz);
 extern int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq);
 
 extern u32 audit_enabled;
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ static inline void audit_ptrace(struct task_struct *t)
 				/* Private API (for audit.c only) */
 extern unsigned int audit_serial(void);
 extern int auditsc_get_stamp(struct audit_context *ctx,
-			      struct timespec *t, unsigned int *serial);
+			      struct timespec64 *t, unsigned int *serial);
 extern int audit_set_loginuid(kuid_t loginuid);
 
 static inline kuid_t audit_get_loginuid(struct task_struct *tsk)
@@ -511,7 +510,7 @@ static inline void __audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall, long signr, int code)
 static inline void audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall, long signr, int code)
 { }
 static inline int auditsc_get_stamp(struct audit_context *ctx,
-			      struct timespec *t, unsigned int *serial)
+			      struct timespec64 *t, unsigned int *serial)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index dc202d582aa1..4b7d49868ce1 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/pid.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 
@@ -110,18 +112,19 @@ struct audit_net {
  * @pid: auditd PID
  * @portid: netlink portid
  * @net: the associated network namespace
- * @lock: spinlock to protect write access
+ * @rcu: RCU head
  *
  * Description:
  * This struct is RCU protected; you must either hold the RCU lock for reading
- * or the included spinlock for writing.
+ * or the associated spinlock for writing.
  */
 static struct auditd_connection {
-	int pid;
+	struct pid *pid;
 	u32 portid;
 	struct net *net;
-	spinlock_t lock;
-} auditd_conn;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+} *auditd_conn = NULL;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(auditd_conn_lock);
 
 /* If audit_rate_limit is non-zero, limit the rate of sending audit records
  * to that number per second.  This prevents DoS attacks, but results in
@@ -151,12 +154,7 @@ static atomic_t	audit_lost = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 /* Hash for inode-based rules */
 struct list_head audit_inode_hash[AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS];
 
-/* The audit_freelist is a list of pre-allocated audit buffers (if more
- * than AUDIT_MAXFREE are in use, the audit buffer is freed instead of
- * being placed on the freelist). */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(audit_freelist_lock);
-static int	   audit_freelist_count;
-static LIST_HEAD(audit_freelist);
+static struct kmem_cache *audit_buffer_cache;
 
 /* queue msgs to send via kauditd_task */
 static struct sk_buff_head audit_queue;
@@ -191,17 +189,12 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(audit_cmd_mutex);
  * should be at least that large. */
 #define AUDIT_BUFSIZ 1024
 
-/* AUDIT_MAXFREE is the number of empty audit_buffers we keep on the
- * audit_freelist.  Doing so eliminates many kmalloc/kfree calls. */
-#define AUDIT_MAXFREE  (2*NR_CPUS)
-
 /* The audit_buffer is used when formatting an audit record.  The caller
  * locks briefly to get the record off the freelist or to allocate the
  * buffer, and locks briefly to send the buffer to the netlink layer or
  * to place it on a transmit queue.  Multiple audit_buffers can be in
  * use simultaneously. */
 struct audit_buffer {
-	struct list_head     list;
 	struct sk_buff       *skb;	/* formatted skb ready to send */
 	struct audit_context *ctx;	/* NULL or associated context */
 	gfp_t		     gfp_mask;
@@ -220,17 +213,41 @@ struct audit_reply {
  * Description:
  * Return 1 if the task is a registered audit daemon, 0 otherwise.
  */
-int auditd_test_task(const struct task_struct *task)
+int auditd_test_task(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	int rc;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	rc = (auditd_conn.pid && task->tgid == auditd_conn.pid ? 1 : 0);
+	ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+	rc = (ac && ac->pid == task_tgid(task) ? 1 : 0);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * auditd_pid_vnr - Return the auditd PID relative to the namespace
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Returns the PID in relation to the namespace, 0 on failure.
+ */
+static pid_t auditd_pid_vnr(void)
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+	const struct auditd_connection *ac;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+	if (!ac || !ac->pid)
+		pid = 0;
+	else
+		pid = pid_vnr(ac->pid);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return pid;
+}
+
 /**
  * audit_get_sk - Return the audit socket for the given network namespace
  * @net: the destination network namespace
@@ -250,14 +267,6 @@ static struct sock *audit_get_sk(const struct net *net)
 	return aunet->sk;
 }
 
-static void audit_set_portid(struct audit_buffer *ab, __u32 portid)
-{
-	if (ab) {
-		struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(ab->skb);
-		nlh->nlmsg_pid = portid;
-	}
-}
-
 void audit_panic(const char *message)
 {
 	switch (audit_failure) {
@@ -426,6 +435,24 @@ static int audit_set_failure(u32 state)
 	return audit_do_config_change("audit_failure", &audit_failure, state);
 }
 
+/**
+ * auditd_conn_free - RCU helper to release an auditd connection struct
+ * @rcu: RCU head
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Drop any references inside the auditd connection tracking struct and free
+ * the memory.
+ */
+ static void auditd_conn_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+ {
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
+
+	ac = container_of(rcu, struct auditd_connection, rcu);
+	put_pid(ac->pid);
+	put_net(ac->net);
+	kfree(ac);
+ }
+
 /**
  * auditd_set - Set/Reset the auditd connection state
  * @pid: auditd PID
@@ -434,22 +461,33 @@ static int audit_set_failure(u32 state)
  *
  * Description:
  * This function will obtain and drop network namespace references as
- * necessary.
+ * necessary.  Returns zero on success, negative values on failure.
  */
-static void auditd_set(int pid, u32 portid, struct net *net)
+static int auditd_set(struct pid *pid, u32 portid, struct net *net)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac_old, *ac_new;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&auditd_conn.lock, flags);
-	auditd_conn.pid = pid;
-	auditd_conn.portid = portid;
-	if (auditd_conn.net)
-		put_net(auditd_conn.net);
-	if (net)
-		auditd_conn.net = get_net(net);
-	else
-		auditd_conn.net = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&auditd_conn.lock, flags);
+	if (!pid || !net)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ac_new = kzalloc(sizeof(*ac_new), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ac_new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	ac_new->pid = get_pid(pid);
+	ac_new->portid = portid;
+	ac_new->net = get_net(net);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+	ac_old = rcu_dereference_protected(auditd_conn,
+					   lockdep_is_held(&auditd_conn_lock));
+	rcu_assign_pointer(auditd_conn, ac_new);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+
+	if (ac_old)
+		call_rcu(&ac_old->rcu, auditd_conn_free);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -544,13 +582,19 @@ static void kauditd_retry_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
  */
 static void auditd_reset(void)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac_old;
 
 	/* if it isn't already broken, break the connection */
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (auditd_conn.pid)
-		auditd_set(0, 0, NULL);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+	ac_old = rcu_dereference_protected(auditd_conn,
+					   lockdep_is_held(&auditd_conn_lock));
+	rcu_assign_pointer(auditd_conn, NULL);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&auditd_conn_lock, flags);
+
+	if (ac_old)
+		call_rcu(&ac_old->rcu, auditd_conn_free);
 
 	/* flush all of the main and retry queues to the hold queue */
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_retry_queue)))
@@ -576,6 +620,7 @@ static int auditd_send_unicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	u32 portid;
 	struct net *net;
 	struct sock *sk;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
 
 	/* NOTE: we can't call netlink_unicast while in the RCU section so
 	 *       take a reference to the network namespace and grab local
@@ -585,15 +630,15 @@ static int auditd_send_unicast_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 *       section netlink_unicast() should safely return an error */
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (!auditd_conn.pid) {
+	ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+	if (!ac) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		rc = -ECONNREFUSED;
 		goto err;
 	}
-	net = auditd_conn.net;
-	get_net(net);
+	net = get_net(ac->net);
 	sk = audit_get_sk(net);
-	portid = auditd_conn.portid;
+	portid = ac->portid;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	rc = netlink_unicast(sk, skb, portid, 0);
@@ -728,6 +773,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 	u32 portid = 0;
 	struct net *net = NULL;
 	struct sock *sk = NULL;
+	struct auditd_connection *ac;
 
 #define UNICAST_RETRIES 5
 
@@ -735,14 +781,14 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		/* NOTE: see the lock comments in auditd_send_unicast_skb() */
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (!auditd_conn.pid) {
+		ac = rcu_dereference(auditd_conn);
+		if (!ac) {
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			goto main_queue;
 		}
-		net = auditd_conn.net;
-		get_net(net);
+		net = get_net(ac->net);
 		sk = audit_get_sk(net);
-		portid = auditd_conn.portid;
+		portid = ac->portid;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		/* attempt to flush the hold queue */
@@ -816,7 +862,7 @@ int audit_send_list(void *_dest)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(__u32 portid, int seq, int type, int done,
+struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(int seq, int type, int done,
 				 int multi, const void *payload, int size)
 {
 	struct sk_buff	*skb;
@@ -829,7 +875,7 @@ struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(__u32 portid, int seq, int type, int done,
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
 
-	nlh	= nlmsg_put(skb, portid, seq, t, size, flags);
+	nlh	= nlmsg_put(skb, 0, seq, t, size, flags);
 	if (!nlh)
 		goto out_kfree_skb;
 	data = nlmsg_data(nlh);
@@ -873,7 +919,6 @@ static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
 static void audit_send_reply(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq, int type, int done,
 			     int multi, const void *payload, int size)
 {
-	u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
@@ -883,12 +928,12 @@ static void audit_send_reply(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq, int type, int
 	if (!reply)
 		return;
 
-	skb = audit_make_reply(portid, seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
+	skb = audit_make_reply(seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
 	reply->net = get_net(net);
-	reply->portid = portid;
+	reply->portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
 	reply->skb = skb;
 
 	tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_reply_thread, reply, "audit_send_reply");
@@ -1068,11 +1113,13 @@ static int audit_set_feature(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int audit_replace(pid_t pid)
+static int audit_replace(struct pid *pid)
 {
+	pid_t pvnr;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	skb = audit_make_reply(0, 0, AUDIT_REPLACE, 0, 0, &pid, sizeof(pid));
+	pvnr = pid_vnr(pid);
+	skb = audit_make_reply(0, AUDIT_REPLACE, 0, 0, &pvnr, sizeof(pvnr));
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return auditd_send_unicast_skb(skb);
@@ -1102,9 +1149,9 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 		memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
 		s.enabled		= audit_enabled;
 		s.failure		= audit_failure;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		s.pid			= auditd_conn.pid;
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+		/* NOTE: use pid_vnr() so the PID is relative to the current
+		 *       namespace */
+		s.pid			= auditd_pid_vnr();
 		s.rate_limit		= audit_rate_limit;
 		s.backlog_limit		= audit_backlog_limit;
 		s.lost			= atomic_read(&audit_lost);
@@ -1130,51 +1177,61 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 				return err;
 		}
 		if (s.mask & AUDIT_STATUS_PID) {
-			/* NOTE: we are using task_tgid_vnr() below because
-			 *       the s.pid value is relative to the namespace
-			 *       of the caller; at present this doesn't matter
-			 *       much since you can really only run auditd
-			 *       from the initial pid namespace, but something
-			 *       to keep in mind if this changes */
-			int new_pid = s.pid;
+			/* NOTE: we are using the vnr PID functions below
+			 *       because the s.pid value is relative to the
+			 *       namespace of the caller; at present this
+			 *       doesn't matter much since you can really only
+			 *       run auditd from the initial pid namespace, but
+			 *       something to keep in mind if this changes */
+			pid_t new_pid = s.pid;
 			pid_t auditd_pid;
-			pid_t requesting_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
+			struct pid *req_pid = task_tgid(current);
+
+			/* sanity check - PID values must match */
+			if (new_pid != pid_vnr(req_pid))
+				return -EINVAL;
 
 			/* test the auditd connection */
-			audit_replace(requesting_pid);
+			audit_replace(req_pid);
 
-			rcu_read_lock();
-			auditd_pid = auditd_conn.pid;
+			auditd_pid = auditd_pid_vnr();
 			/* only the current auditd can unregister itself */
-			if ((!new_pid) && (requesting_pid != auditd_pid)) {
-				rcu_read_unlock();
+			if ((!new_pid) && (new_pid != auditd_pid)) {
 				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid,
 							auditd_pid, 0);
 				return -EACCES;
 			}
 			/* replacing a healthy auditd is not allowed */
 			if (auditd_pid && new_pid) {
-				rcu_read_unlock();
 				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid,
 							auditd_pid, 0);
 				return -EEXIST;
 			}
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-
-			if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
-				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid,
-							auditd_pid, 1);
 
 			if (new_pid) {
 				/* register a new auditd connection */
-				auditd_set(new_pid,
-					   NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
-					   sock_net(NETLINK_CB(skb).sk));
+				err = auditd_set(req_pid,
+						 NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
+						 sock_net(NETLINK_CB(skb).sk));
+				if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
+					audit_log_config_change("audit_pid",
+								new_pid,
+								auditd_pid,
+								err ? 0 : 1);
+				if (err)
+					return err;
+
 				/* try to process any backlog */
 				wake_up_interruptible(&kauditd_wait);
-			} else
+			} else {
+				if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
+					audit_log_config_change("audit_pid",
+								new_pid,
+								auditd_pid, 1);
+
 				/* unregister the auditd connection */
 				auditd_reset();
+			}
 		}
 		if (s.mask & AUDIT_STATUS_RATE_LIMIT) {
 			err = audit_set_rate_limit(s.rate_limit);
@@ -1242,7 +1299,6 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 					size--;
 				audit_log_n_untrustedstring(ab, data, size);
 			}
-			audit_set_portid(ab, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
 			audit_log_end(ab);
 		}
 		break;
@@ -1256,8 +1312,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 			audit_log_end(ab);
 			return -EPERM;
 		}
-		err = audit_rule_change(msg_type, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
-					   seq, data, nlmsg_len(nlh));
+		err = audit_rule_change(msg_type, seq, data, nlmsg_len(nlh));
 		break;
 	case AUDIT_LIST_RULES:
 		err = audit_list_rules_send(skb, seq);
@@ -1378,11 +1433,14 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	return err < 0 ? err : 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Get message from skb.  Each message is processed by audit_receive_msg.
- * Malformed skbs with wrong length are discarded silently.
+/**
+ * audit_receive - receive messages from a netlink control socket
+ * @skb: the message buffer
+ *
+ * Parse the provided skb and deal with any messages that may be present,
+ * malformed skbs are discarded.
  */
-static void audit_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff  *skb)
 {
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
 	/*
@@ -1395,6 +1453,7 @@ static void audit_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 	len = skb->len;
 
+	mutex_lock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
 	while (nlmsg_ok(nlh, len)) {
 		err = audit_receive_msg(skb, nlh);
 		/* if err or if this message says it wants a response */
@@ -1403,13 +1462,6 @@ static void audit_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 		nlh = nlmsg_next(nlh, &len);
 	}
-}
-
-/* Receive messages from netlink socket. */
-static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff  *skb)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
-	audit_receive_skb(skb);
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -1447,10 +1499,11 @@ static void __net_exit audit_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct audit_net *aunet = net_generic(net, audit_net_id);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (net == auditd_conn.net)
-		auditd_reset();
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	/* NOTE: you would think that we would want to check the auditd
+	 * connection and potentially reset it here if it lives in this
+	 * namespace, but since the auditd connection tracking struct holds a
+	 * reference to this namespace (see auditd_set()) we are only ever
+	 * going to get here after that connection has been released */
 
 	netlink_kernel_release(aunet->sk);
 }
@@ -1470,8 +1523,9 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
 	if (audit_initialized == AUDIT_DISABLED)
 		return 0;
 
-	memset(&auditd_conn, 0, sizeof(auditd_conn));
-	spin_lock_init(&auditd_conn.lock);
+	audit_buffer_cache = kmem_cache_create("audit_buffer",
+					       sizeof(struct audit_buffer),
+					       0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_retry_queue);
@@ -1538,60 +1592,33 @@ __setup("audit_backlog_limit=", audit_backlog_limit_set);
 
 static void audit_buffer_free(struct audit_buffer *ab)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
 	if (!ab)
 		return;
 
 	kfree_skb(ab->skb);
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags);
-	if (audit_freelist_count > AUDIT_MAXFREE)
-		kfree(ab);
-	else {
-		audit_freelist_count++;
-		list_add(&ab->list, &audit_freelist);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&audit_freelist_lock, flags);
+	kmem_cache_free(audit_buffer_cache, ab);
 }
 
-static struct audit_buffer * audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx,
-						gfp_t gfp_mask, int type)
+static struct audit_buffer *audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx,
+					       gfp_t gfp_mask, int type)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct audit_buffer *ab = NULL;
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct audit_buffer *ab;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags);
-	if (!list_empty(&audit_freelist)) {
-		ab = list_entry(audit_freelist.next,
-				struct audit_buffer, list);
-		list_del(&ab->list);
-		--audit_freelist_count;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&audit_freelist_lock, flags);
-
-	if (!ab) {
-		ab = kmalloc(sizeof(*ab), gfp_mask);
-		if (!ab)
-			goto err;
-	}
-
-	ab->ctx = ctx;
-	ab->gfp_mask = gfp_mask;
+	ab = kmem_cache_alloc(audit_buffer_cache, gfp_mask);
+	if (!ab)
+		return NULL;
 
 	ab->skb = nlmsg_new(AUDIT_BUFSIZ, gfp_mask);
 	if (!ab->skb)
 		goto err;
+	if (!nlmsg_put(ab->skb, 0, 0, type, 0, 0))
+		goto err;
 
-	nlh = nlmsg_put(ab->skb, 0, 0, type, 0, 0);
-	if (!nlh)
-		goto out_kfree_skb;
+	ab->ctx = ctx;
+	ab->gfp_mask = gfp_mask;
 
 	return ab;
 
-out_kfree_skb:
-	kfree_skb(ab->skb);
-	ab->skb = NULL;
 err:
 	audit_buffer_free(ab);
 	return NULL;
@@ -1622,10 +1649,10 @@ unsigned int audit_serial(void)
 }
 
 static inline void audit_get_stamp(struct audit_context *ctx,
-				   struct timespec *t, unsigned int *serial)
+				   struct timespec64 *t, unsigned int *serial)
 {
 	if (!ctx || !auditsc_get_stamp(ctx, t, serial)) {
-		*t = CURRENT_TIME;
+		ktime_get_real_ts64(t);
 		*serial = audit_serial();
 	}
 }
@@ -1649,7 +1676,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 				     int type)
 {
 	struct audit_buffer *ab;
-	struct timespec t;
+	struct timespec64 t;
 	unsigned int uninitialized_var(serial);
 
 	if (audit_initialized != AUDIT_INITIALIZED)
@@ -1702,8 +1729,8 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	}
 
 	audit_get_stamp(ab->ctx, &t, &serial);
-	audit_log_format(ab, "audit(%lu.%03lu:%u): ",
-			 t.tv_sec, t.tv_nsec/1000000, serial);
+	audit_log_format(ab, "audit(%llu.%03lu:%u): ",
+			 (unsigned long long)t.tv_sec, t.tv_nsec/1000000, serial);
 
 	return ab;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 0d87f8ab8778..ddfce2ea4891 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct audit_context {
 	enum audit_state    state, current_state;
 	unsigned int	    serial;     /* serial number for record */
 	int		    major;      /* syscall number */
-	struct timespec	    ctime;      /* time of syscall entry */
+	struct timespec64   ctime;      /* time of syscall entry */
 	unsigned long	    argv[4];    /* syscall arguments */
 	long		    return_code;/* syscall return code */
 	u64		    prio;
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ extern void audit_log_name(struct audit_context *context,
 			   struct audit_names *n, const struct path *path,
 			   int record_num, int *call_panic);
 
-extern int auditd_test_task(const struct task_struct *task);
+extern int auditd_test_task(struct task_struct *task);
 
 #define AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS	32
 extern struct list_head audit_inode_hash[AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS];
@@ -237,8 +237,7 @@ extern int audit_uid_comparator(kuid_t left, u32 op, kuid_t right);
 extern int audit_gid_comparator(kgid_t left, u32 op, kgid_t right);
 extern int parent_len(const char *path);
 extern int audit_compare_dname_path(const char *dname, const char *path, int plen);
-extern struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(__u32 portid, int seq, int type,
-					int done, int multi,
+extern struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(int seq, int type, int done, int multi,
 					const void *payload, int size);
 extern void		    audit_panic(const char *message);
 
diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
index 7ea57e516029..b16a5bdcea0d 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int audit_mark_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	default:
 		BUG();
 		return 0;
-	};
+	}
 
 	if (mask & (FS_CREATE|FS_MOVED_TO|FS_DELETE|FS_MOVED_FROM)) {
 		if (audit_compare_dname_path(dname, audit_mark->path, AUDIT_NAME_FULL))
diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index 7b44195da81b..5cfd1ea18de0 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 struct audit_tree;
 struct audit_chunk;
 
 struct audit_tree {
-	atomic_t count;
+	refcount_t count;
 	int goner;
 	struct audit_chunk *root;
 	struct list_head chunks;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ static struct audit_tree *alloc_tree(const char *s)
 
 	tree = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_tree) + strlen(s) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tree) {
-		atomic_set(&tree->count, 1);
+		refcount_set(&tree->count, 1);
 		tree->goner = 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tree->chunks);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tree->rules);
@@ -91,12 +92,12 @@ static struct audit_tree *alloc_tree(const char *s)
 
 static inline void get_tree(struct audit_tree *tree)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&tree->count);
+	refcount_inc(&tree->count);
 }
 
 static inline void put_tree(struct audit_tree *tree)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tree->count))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&tree->count))
 		kfree_rcu(tree, head);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index f79e4658433d..e0656bd63036 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
  */
 
 struct audit_watch {
-	atomic_t		count;	/* reference count */
+	refcount_t		count;	/* reference count */
 	dev_t			dev;	/* associated superblock device */
 	char			*path;	/* insertion path */
 	unsigned long		ino;	/* associated inode number */
@@ -111,12 +112,12 @@ static inline struct audit_parent *audit_find_parent(struct inode *inode)
 
 void audit_get_watch(struct audit_watch *watch)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&watch->count);
+	refcount_inc(&watch->count);
 }
 
 void audit_put_watch(struct audit_watch *watch)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&watch->count)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&watch->count)) {
 		WARN_ON(watch->parent);
 		WARN_ON(!list_empty(&watch->rules));
 		kfree(watch->path);
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ static struct audit_watch *audit_init_watch(char *path)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&watch->rules);
-	atomic_set(&watch->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&watch->count, 1);
 	watch->path = path;
 	watch->dev = AUDIT_DEV_UNSET;
 	watch->ino = AUDIT_INO_UNSET;
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ static int audit_watch_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		BUG();
 		inode = NULL;
 		break;
-	};
+	}
 
 	if (mask & (FS_CREATE|FS_MOVED_TO) && inode)
 		audit_update_watch(parent, dname, inode->i_sb->s_dev, inode->i_ino, 0);
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 880519d6cf2a..0b0aa5854dac 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int audit_field_valid(struct audit_entry *entry, struct audit_field *f)
 		    entry->rule.listnr != AUDIT_FILTER_USER)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
-	};
+	}
 
 	switch(f->type) {
 	default:
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int audit_field_valid(struct audit_entry *entry, struct audit_field *f)
 		if (entry->rule.listnr != AUDIT_FILTER_EXIT)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
-	};
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ int audit_del_rule(struct audit_entry *entry)
 }
 
 /* List rules using struct audit_rule_data. */
-static void audit_list_rules(__u32 portid, int seq, struct sk_buff_head *q)
+static void audit_list_rules(int seq, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct audit_krule *r;
@@ -1048,15 +1048,15 @@ static void audit_list_rules(__u32 portid, int seq, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 			data = audit_krule_to_data(r);
 			if (unlikely(!data))
 				break;
-			skb = audit_make_reply(portid, seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES,
-					       0, 1, data,
+			skb = audit_make_reply(seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES, 0, 1,
+					       data,
 					       sizeof(*data) + data->buflen);
 			if (skb)
 				skb_queue_tail(q, skb);
 			kfree(data);
 		}
 	}
-	skb = audit_make_reply(portid, seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
+	skb = audit_make_reply(seq, AUDIT_LIST_RULES, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
 	if (skb)
 		skb_queue_tail(q, skb);
 }
@@ -1085,13 +1085,11 @@ static void audit_log_rule_change(char *action, struct audit_krule *rule, int re
 /**
  * audit_rule_change - apply all rules to the specified message type
  * @type: audit message type
- * @portid: target port id for netlink audit messages
  * @seq: netlink audit message sequence (serial) number
  * @data: payload data
  * @datasz: size of payload data
  */
-int audit_rule_change(int type, __u32 portid, int seq, void *data,
-			size_t datasz)
+int audit_rule_change(int type, int seq, void *data, size_t datasz)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct audit_entry *entry;
@@ -1150,7 +1148,7 @@ int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq)
 	skb_queue_head_init(&dest->q);
 
 	mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
-	audit_list_rules(portid, seq, &dest->q);
+	audit_list_rules(seq, &dest->q);
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
 	tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list, dest, "audit_send_list");
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 1c2333155893..b2dcbe637b7c 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ void __audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
 		return;
 
 	context->serial     = 0;
-	context->ctime      = CURRENT_TIME;
+	ktime_get_real_ts64(&context->ctime);
 	context->in_syscall = 1;
 	context->current_state  = state;
 	context->ppid       = 0;
@@ -1941,13 +1941,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__audit_inode_child);
 /**
  * auditsc_get_stamp - get local copies of audit_context values
  * @ctx: audit_context for the task
- * @t: timespec to store time recorded in the audit_context
+ * @t: timespec64 to store time recorded in the audit_context
  * @serial: serial value that is recorded in the audit_context
  *
  * Also sets the context as auditable.
  */
 int auditsc_get_stamp(struct audit_context *ctx,
-		       struct timespec *t, unsigned int *serial)
+		       struct timespec64 *t, unsigned int *serial)
 {
 	if (!ctx->in_syscall)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 6d9988031c5b..63321952c71c 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -963,6 +963,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	name[MODULE_NAME_LEN-1] = '\0';
 
+	audit_log_kern_module(name);
+
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&module_mutex) != 0)
 		return -EINTR;
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_AUDIT.c b/net/netfilter/xt_AUDIT.c
index 19247a17e511..c502419d6306 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_AUDIT.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_AUDIT.c
@@ -31,146 +31,76 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("ip6t_AUDIT");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ebt_AUDIT");
 MODULE_ALIAS("arpt_AUDIT");
 
-static void audit_proto(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct sk_buff *skb,
-			unsigned int proto, unsigned int offset)
-{
-	switch (proto) {
-	case IPPROTO_TCP:
-	case IPPROTO_UDP:
-	case IPPROTO_UDPLITE: {
-		const __be16 *pptr;
-		__be16 _ports[2];
-
-		pptr = skb_header_pointer(skb, offset, sizeof(_ports), _ports);
-		if (pptr == NULL) {
-			audit_log_format(ab, " truncated=1");
-			return;
-		}
-
-		audit_log_format(ab, " sport=%hu dport=%hu",
-				 ntohs(pptr[0]), ntohs(pptr[1]));
-		}
-		break;
-
-	case IPPROTO_ICMP:
-	case IPPROTO_ICMPV6: {
-		const u8 *iptr;
-		u8 _ih[2];
-
-		iptr = skb_header_pointer(skb, offset, sizeof(_ih), &_ih);
-		if (iptr == NULL) {
-			audit_log_format(ab, " truncated=1");
-			return;
-		}
-
-		audit_log_format(ab, " icmptype=%hhu icmpcode=%hhu",
-				 iptr[0], iptr[1]);
-
-		}
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
-static void audit_ip4(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static bool audit_ip4(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct iphdr _iph;
 	const struct iphdr *ih;
 
-	ih = skb_header_pointer(skb, 0, sizeof(_iph), &_iph);
-	if (!ih) {
-		audit_log_format(ab, " truncated=1");
-		return;
-	}
+	ih = skb_header_pointer(skb, skb_network_offset(skb), sizeof(_iph), &_iph);
+	if (!ih)
+		return false;
 
-	audit_log_format(ab, " saddr=%pI4 daddr=%pI4 ipid=%hu proto=%hhu",
-		&ih->saddr, &ih->daddr, ntohs(ih->id), ih->protocol);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " saddr=%pI4 daddr=%pI4 proto=%hhu",
+			 &ih->saddr, &ih->daddr, ih->protocol);
 
-	if (ntohs(ih->frag_off) & IP_OFFSET) {
-		audit_log_format(ab, " frag=1");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	audit_proto(ab, skb, ih->protocol, ih->ihl * 4);
+	return true;
 }
 
-static void audit_ip6(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static bool audit_ip6(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct ipv6hdr _ip6h;
 	const struct ipv6hdr *ih;
 	u8 nexthdr;
 	__be16 frag_off;
-	int offset;
 
 	ih = skb_header_pointer(skb, skb_network_offset(skb), sizeof(_ip6h), &_ip6h);
-	if (!ih) {
-		audit_log_format(ab, " truncated=1");
-		return;
-	}
+	if (!ih)
+		return false;
 
 	nexthdr = ih->nexthdr;
-	offset = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(_ip6h),
-				  &nexthdr, &frag_off);
+	ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(_ip6h), &nexthdr, &frag_off);
 
 	audit_log_format(ab, " saddr=%pI6c daddr=%pI6c proto=%hhu",
 			 &ih->saddr, &ih->daddr, nexthdr);
 
-	if (offset)
-		audit_proto(ab, skb, nexthdr, offset);
+	return true;
 }
 
 static unsigned int
 audit_tg(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xt_action_param *par)
 {
-	const struct xt_audit_info *info = par->targinfo;
 	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+	int fam = -1;
 
 	if (audit_enabled == 0)
 		goto errout;
-
 	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_ATOMIC, AUDIT_NETFILTER_PKT);
 	if (ab == NULL)
 		goto errout;
 
-	audit_log_format(ab, "action=%hhu hook=%u len=%u inif=%s outif=%s",
-			 info->type, xt_hooknum(par), skb->len,
-			 xt_in(par) ? xt_inname(par) : "?",
-			 xt_out(par) ? xt_outname(par) : "?");
-
-	if (skb->mark)
-		audit_log_format(ab, " mark=%#x", skb->mark);
-
-	if (skb->dev && skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
-		audit_log_format(ab, " smac=%pM dmac=%pM macproto=0x%04x",
-				 eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest,
-				 ntohs(eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto));
-
-		if (xt_family(par) == NFPROTO_BRIDGE) {
-			switch (eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto) {
-			case htons(ETH_P_IP):
-				audit_ip4(ab, skb);
-				break;
-
-			case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
-				audit_ip6(ab, skb);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	audit_log_format(ab, "mark=%#x", skb->mark);
 
 	switch (xt_family(par)) {
-	case NFPROTO_IPV4:
-		audit_ip4(ab, skb);
+	case NFPROTO_BRIDGE:
+		switch (eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto) {
+		case htons(ETH_P_IP):
+			fam = audit_ip4(ab, skb) ? NFPROTO_IPV4 : -1;
+			break;
+		case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
+			fam = audit_ip6(ab, skb) ? NFPROTO_IPV6 : -1;
+			break;
+		}
+		break;
+	case NFPROTO_IPV4:
+		fam = audit_ip4(ab, skb) ? NFPROTO_IPV4 : -1;
 		break;
-
 	case NFPROTO_IPV6:
-		audit_ip6(ab, skb);
+		fam = audit_ip6(ab, skb) ? NFPROTO_IPV6 : -1;
 		break;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETWORK_SECMARK
-	if (skb->secmark)
-		audit_log_secctx(ab, skb->secmark);
-#endif
+	if (fam == -1)
+		audit_log_format(ab, " saddr=? daddr=? proto=-1");
 
 	audit_log_end(ab);