diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index f9ceae57ca8de5..3fcd9ee49734aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 struct audit_sig_info {
 	uid_t		uid;
 	pid_t		pid;
-	char		ctx[0];
+	char		ctx[];
 };
 
 struct audit_buffer;
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ struct audit_ntp_data {
 struct audit_ntp_data {};
 #endif
 
+enum audit_nfcfgop {
+	AUDIT_XT_OP_REGISTER,
+	AUDIT_XT_OP_REPLACE,
+	AUDIT_XT_OP_UNREGISTER,
+};
+
 extern int is_audit_feature_set(int which);
 
 extern int __init audit_register_class(int class, unsigned *list);
@@ -379,6 +385,8 @@ extern void __audit_log_kern_module(char *name);
 extern void __audit_fanotify(unsigned int response);
 extern void __audit_tk_injoffset(struct timespec64 offset);
 extern void __audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad);
+extern void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
+			      enum audit_nfcfgop op);
 
 static inline void audit_ipc_obj(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
 {
@@ -514,6 +522,14 @@ static inline void audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad)
 		__audit_ntp_log(ad);
 }
 
+static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
+				   unsigned int nentries,
+				   enum audit_nfcfgop op)
+{
+	if (audit_enabled)
+		__audit_log_nfcfg(name, af, nentries, op);
+}
+
 extern int audit_n_rules;
 extern int audit_signals;
 #else /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
@@ -646,6 +662,12 @@ static inline void audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad)
 
 static inline void audit_ptrace(struct task_struct *t)
 { }
+
+static inline void audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af,
+				   unsigned int nentries,
+				   enum audit_nfcfgop op)
+{ }
+
 #define audit_n_rules 0
 #define audit_signals 0
 #endif /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
index a534d71e689ac9..9b6a973f4cc306 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 #define AUDIT_TIME_INJOFFSET	1332	/* Timekeeping offset injected */
 #define AUDIT_TIME_ADJNTPVAL	1333	/* NTP value adjustment */
 #define AUDIT_BPF		1334	/* BPF subsystem */
+#define AUDIT_EVENT_LISTENER	1335	/* Task joined multicast read socket */
 
 #define AUDIT_AVC		1400	/* SE Linux avc denial or grant */
 #define AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR	1401	/* Internal SE Linux Errors */
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 87f31bf1f0a0c8..8c201f41422624 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int audit_send_list(void *_dest)
+int audit_send_list_thread(void *_dest)
 {
 	struct audit_netlink_list *dest = _dest;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -924,19 +924,30 @@ struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(int seq, int type, int done,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void audit_free_reply(struct audit_reply *reply)
+{
+	if (!reply)
+		return;
+
+	if (reply->skb)
+		kfree_skb(reply->skb);
+	if (reply->net)
+		put_net(reply->net);
+	kfree(reply);
+}
+
 static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	struct audit_reply *reply = (struct audit_reply *)arg;
-	struct sock *sk = audit_get_sk(reply->net);
 
 	audit_ctl_lock();
 	audit_ctl_unlock();
 
 	/* Ignore failure. It'll only happen if the sender goes away,
 	   because our timeout is set to infinite. */
-	netlink_unicast(sk, reply->skb, reply->portid, 0);
-	put_net(reply->net);
-	kfree(reply);
+	netlink_unicast(audit_get_sk(reply->net), reply->skb, reply->portid, 0);
+	reply->skb = NULL;
+	audit_free_reply(reply);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -950,35 +961,32 @@ static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
  * @payload: payload data
  * @size: payload size
  *
- * Allocates an skb, builds the netlink message, and sends it to the port id.
- * No failure notifications.
+ * Allocates a skb, builds the netlink message, and sends it to the port id.
  */
 static void audit_send_reply(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq, int type, int done,
 			     int multi, const void *payload, int size)
 {
-	struct net *net = sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk);
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
-	struct audit_reply *reply = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_reply),
-					    GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct audit_reply *reply;
 
+	reply = kzalloc(sizeof(*reply), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!reply)
 		return;
 
-	skb = audit_make_reply(seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
-	if (!skb)
-		goto out;
-
-	reply->net = get_net(net);
+	reply->skb = audit_make_reply(seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
+	if (!reply->skb)
+		goto err;
+	reply->net = get_net(sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk));
 	reply->portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
-	reply->skb = skb;
 
 	tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_reply_thread, reply, "audit_send_reply");
-	if (!IS_ERR(tsk))
-		return;
-	kfree_skb(skb);
-out:
-	kfree(reply);
+	if (IS_ERR(tsk))
+		goto err;
+
+	return;
+
+err:
+	audit_free_reply(reply);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1525,20 +1533,60 @@ static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff  *skb)
 	audit_ctl_unlock();
 }
 
+/* Log information about who is connecting to the audit multicast socket */
+static void audit_log_multicast(int group, const char *op, int err)
+{
+	const struct cred *cred;
+	struct tty_struct *tty;
+	char comm[sizeof(current->comm)];
+	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+
+	if (!audit_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_EVENT_LISTENER);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
+
+	cred = current_cred();
+	tty = audit_get_tty();
+	audit_log_format(ab, "pid=%u uid=%u auid=%u tty=%s ses=%u",
+			 task_pid_nr(current),
+			 from_kuid(&init_user_ns, cred->uid),
+			 from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current)),
+			 tty ? tty_name(tty) : "(none)",
+			 audit_get_sessionid(current));
+	audit_put_tty(tty);
+	audit_log_task_context(ab); /* subj= */
+	audit_log_format(ab, " comm=");
+	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, get_task_comm(comm, current));
+	audit_log_d_path_exe(ab, current->mm); /* exe= */
+	audit_log_format(ab, " nl-mcgrp=%d op=%s res=%d", group, op, !err);
+	audit_log_end(ab);
+}
+
 /* Run custom bind function on netlink socket group connect or bind requests. */
-static int audit_bind(struct net *net, int group)
+static int audit_multicast_bind(struct net *net, int group)
 {
+	int err = 0;
+
 	if (!capable(CAP_AUDIT_READ))
-		return -EPERM;
+		err = -EPERM;
+	audit_log_multicast(group, "connect", err);
+	return err;
+}
 
-	return 0;
+static void audit_multicast_unbind(struct net *net, int group)
+{
+	audit_log_multicast(group, "disconnect", 0);
 }
 
 static int __net_init audit_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg = {
 		.input	= audit_receive,
-		.bind	= audit_bind,
+		.bind	= audit_multicast_bind,
+		.unbind	= audit_multicast_unbind,
 		.flags	= NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV,
 		.groups	= AUDIT_NLGRP_MAX,
 	};
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 2eed4d2316246f..f0233dc40b1730 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ struct audit_netlink_list {
 	struct sk_buff_head q;
 };
 
-int audit_send_list(void *_dest);
+int audit_send_list_thread(void *_dest);
 
 extern int selinux_audit_rule_update(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 026e34da4ace99..a10e2997aa6c8a 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -1161,11 +1161,8 @@ int audit_rule_change(int type, int seq, void *data, size_t datasz)
  */
 int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq)
 {
-	u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
-	struct net *net = sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk);
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	struct audit_netlink_list *dest;
-	int err = 0;
 
 	/* We can't just spew out the rules here because we might fill
 	 * the available socket buffer space and deadlock waiting for
@@ -1173,25 +1170,26 @@ int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq)
 	 * happen if we're actually running in the context of auditctl
 	 * trying to _send_ the stuff */
 
-	dest = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_netlink_list), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dest = kmalloc(sizeof(*dest), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dest)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	dest->net = get_net(net);
-	dest->portid = portid;
+	dest->net = get_net(sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk));
+	dest->portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
 	skb_queue_head_init(&dest->q);
 
 	mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 	audit_list_rules(seq, &dest->q);
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
-	tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list, dest, "audit_send_list");
+	tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_list_thread, dest, "audit_send_list");
 	if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
 		skb_queue_purge(&dest->q);
+		put_net(dest->net);
 		kfree(dest);
-		err = PTR_ERR(tsk);
+		return PTR_ERR(tsk);
 	}
 
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int audit_comparator(u32 left, u32 op, u32 right)
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 814406a35db163..468a2339045784 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ struct audit_tree_refs {
 	struct audit_chunk *c[31];
 };
 
+struct audit_nfcfgop_tab {
+	enum audit_nfcfgop	op;
+	const char		*s;
+};
+
+static const struct audit_nfcfgop_tab audit_nfcfgs[] = {
+	{ AUDIT_XT_OP_REGISTER,		"register"	},
+	{ AUDIT_XT_OP_REPLACE,		"replace"	},
+	{ AUDIT_XT_OP_UNREGISTER,	"unregister"	},
+};
+
 static int audit_match_perm(struct audit_context *ctx, int mask)
 {
 	unsigned n;
@@ -2542,6 +2553,26 @@ void __audit_ntp_log(const struct audit_ntp_data *ad)
 	audit_log_ntp_val(ad, "adjust",	AUDIT_NTP_ADJUST);
 }
 
+void __audit_log_nfcfg(const char *name, u8 af, unsigned int nentries,
+		       enum audit_nfcfgop op)
+{
+	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+	char comm[sizeof(current->comm)];
+
+	ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
+	audit_log_format(ab, "table=%s family=%u entries=%u op=%s",
+			 name, af, nentries, audit_nfcfgs[op].s);
+
+	audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%u", task_pid_nr(current));
+	audit_log_task_context(ab); /* subj= */
+	audit_log_format(ab, " comm=");
+	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, get_task_comm(comm, current));
+	audit_log_end(ab);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__audit_log_nfcfg);
+
 static void audit_log_task(struct audit_buffer *ab)
 {
 	kuid_t auid, uid;
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index 7e869284e0523e..c83ffe9121639c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -1046,14 +1046,8 @@ static int do_replace_finish(struct net *net, struct ebt_replace *repl,
 	vfree(table);
 	vfree(counterstmp);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
-	if (audit_enabled) {
-		audit_log(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL,
-			  AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG,
-			  "table=%s family=%u entries=%u",
-			  repl->name, AF_BRIDGE, repl->nentries);
-	}
-#endif
+	audit_log_nfcfg(repl->name, AF_BRIDGE, repl->nentries,
+			AUDIT_XT_OP_REPLACE);
 	return ret;
 
 free_unlock:
@@ -1128,6 +1122,8 @@ static void __ebt_unregister_table(struct net *net, struct ebt_table *table)
 	mutex_lock(&ebt_mutex);
 	list_del(&table->list);
 	mutex_unlock(&ebt_mutex);
+	audit_log_nfcfg(table->name, AF_BRIDGE, table->private->nentries,
+			AUDIT_XT_OP_UNREGISTER);
 	EBT_ENTRY_ITERATE(table->private->entries, table->private->entries_size,
 			  ebt_cleanup_entry, net, NULL);
 	if (table->private->nentries)
@@ -1221,6 +1217,8 @@ int ebt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct ebt_table *input_table,
 		*res = NULL;
 	}
 
+	audit_log_nfcfg(repl->name, AF_BRIDGE, repl->nentries,
+			AUDIT_XT_OP_REGISTER);
 	return ret;
 free_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ebt_mutex);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index cd2b034eef59aa..99a468be4a59fb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1408,15 +1408,9 @@ xt_replace_table(struct xt_table *table,
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
-	if (audit_enabled) {
-		audit_log(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL,
-			  AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG,
-			  "table=%s family=%u entries=%u",
-			  table->name, table->af, private->number);
-	}
-#endif
-
+	audit_log_nfcfg(table->name, table->af, private->number,
+			!private->number ? AUDIT_XT_OP_REGISTER :
+					   AUDIT_XT_OP_REPLACE);
 	return private;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_replace_table);
@@ -1478,6 +1472,8 @@ void *xt_unregister_table(struct xt_table *table)
 	private = table->private;
 	list_del(&table->list);
 	mutex_unlock(&xt[table->af].mutex);
+	audit_log_nfcfg(table->name, table->af, private->number,
+			AUDIT_XT_OP_UNREGISTER);
 	kfree(table);
 
 	return private;