Audit subsystem not resolving path name on directory watches, resulting in name=(null)

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Issue

Audit subsystem not resolving path name on directory watches, resulting in name=(null) as seen here:

# ausearch --start recent | grep 'name=(null)'
type=PATH msg=audit(1454628867.199:29): item=1 name=(null) inode=298903 dev=fd:01 mode=0100644 ouid=0 ogid=0 rdev=00:00 obj=unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 nametype=NORMAL

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
    • kernel-2.6.32-431.el6 (or later)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • kernel prior to kernel-3.10.0-229.4.2.el7

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