diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index c3aa097..b2ca666 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 #define AUDIT_DAEMON_CONFIG     1203    /* Daemon config change */
 
 #define AUDIT_SYSCALL		1300	/* Syscall event */
-#define AUDIT_FS_WATCH		1301	/* Filesystem watch event */
+/* #define AUDIT_FS_WATCH	1301	 * Deprecated */
 #define AUDIT_PATH		1302	/* Filename path information */
 #define AUDIT_IPC		1303	/* IPC record */
 #define AUDIT_SOCKETCALL	1304	/* sys_socketcall arguments */
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #define AUDIT_MQ_SENDRECV	1313	/* POSIX MQ send/receive record type */
 #define AUDIT_MQ_NOTIFY		1314	/* POSIX MQ notify record type */
 #define AUDIT_MQ_GETSETATTR	1315	/* POSIX MQ get/set attribute record type */
+#define AUDIT_KERNEL_OTHER	1316	/* For use by 3rd party modules */
 
 #define AUDIT_AVC		1400	/* SE Linux avc denial or grant */
 #define AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR	1401	/* Internal SE Linux Errors */
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 1a58a81..4f40d92 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@
 		case AUDIT_FSGID:
 		case AUDIT_LOGINUID:
 		case AUDIT_PERS:
-		case AUDIT_ARCH:
 		case AUDIT_MSGTYPE:
 		case AUDIT_PPID:
 		case AUDIT_DEVMAJOR:
@@ -423,6 +422,14 @@
 		case AUDIT_ARG2:
 		case AUDIT_ARG3:
 			break;
+		/* arch is only allowed to be = or != */
+		case AUDIT_ARCH:
+			if ((f->op != AUDIT_NOT_EQUAL) && (f->op != AUDIT_EQUAL)
+					&& (f->op != AUDIT_NEGATE) && (f->op)) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto exit_free;
+			}
+			break;
 		case AUDIT_PERM:
 			if (f->val & ~15)
 				goto exit_free;
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 1051476..42f2f11 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -278,8 +278,11 @@
 			result = audit_comparator(tsk->pid, f->op, f->val);
 			break;
 		case AUDIT_PPID:
-			if (ctx)
+			if (ctx) {
+				if (!ctx->ppid)
+					ctx->ppid = sys_getppid();
 				result = audit_comparator(ctx->ppid, f->op, f->val);
+			}
 			break;
 		case AUDIT_UID:
 			result = audit_comparator(tsk->uid, f->op, f->val);
@@ -795,7 +798,8 @@
 
 	/* tsk == current */
 	context->pid = tsk->pid;
-	context->ppid = sys_getppid();	/* sic.  tsk == current in all cases */
+	if (!context->ppid)
+		context->ppid = sys_getppid();
 	context->uid = tsk->uid;
 	context->gid = tsk->gid;
 	context->euid = tsk->euid;
@@ -1137,6 +1141,7 @@
 	context->ctime      = CURRENT_TIME;
 	context->in_syscall = 1;
 	context->auditable  = !!(state == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT);
+	context->ppid       = 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1352,7 +1357,13 @@
 		}
 
 update_context:
-	idx = context->name_count++;
+	idx = context->name_count;
+	if (context->name_count == AUDIT_NAMES) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "name_count maxed and losing %s\n",
+			found_name ?: "(null)");
+		return;
+	}
+	context->name_count++;
 #if AUDIT_DEBUG
 	context->ino_count++;
 #endif
@@ -1370,7 +1381,16 @@
 	/* A parent was not found in audit_names, so copy the inode data for the
 	 * provided parent. */
 	if (!found_name) {
-		idx = context->name_count++;
+		idx = context->name_count;
+		if (context->name_count == AUDIT_NAMES) {
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG
+				"name_count maxed and losing parent inode data: dev=%02x:%02x, inode=%lu",
+				MAJOR(parent->i_sb->s_dev),
+				MINOR(parent->i_sb->s_dev),
+				parent->i_ino);
+			return;
+		}
+		context->name_count++;
 #if AUDIT_DEBUG
 		context->ino_count++;
 #endif