diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 0f84dd7..dca7b99 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -720,6 +720,29 @@
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
+void audit_log_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab, const unsigned char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i=0; i<len; i++)
+		audit_log_format(ab, "%02x", buf[i]);
+}
+
+void audit_log_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *string)
+{
+	const char *p = string;
+
+	while (*p) {
+		if (*p == '"' || *p == ' ' || *p < 0x20 || *p > 0x7f) {
+			audit_log_hex(ab, string, strlen(string));
+			return;
+		}
+		p++;
+	}
+	audit_log_format(ab, "\"%s\"", string);
+}
+
+
 /* This is a helper-function to print the d_path without using a static
  * buffer or allocating another buffer in addition to the one in
  * audit_buffer. */
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 6f19313..00e87ff 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -696,9 +696,10 @@
 		if (!ab)
 			continue; /* audit_panic has been called */
 		audit_log_format(ab, "item=%d", i);
-		if (context->names[i].name)
-			audit_log_format(ab, " name=%s",
-					 context->names[i].name);
+		if (context->names[i].name) {
+			audit_log_format(ab, " name=");
+			audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, context->names[i].name);
+		}
 		if (context->names[i].ino != (unsigned long)-1)
 			audit_log_format(ab, " inode=%lu dev=%02x:%02x mode=%#o"
 					     " uid=%d gid=%d rdev=%02x:%02x",