diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 5e6180a4da7d..b563fbd4d122 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int ima_store_template(struct ima_template_entry *entry, int violation,
 		       struct inode *inode,
 		       const unsigned char *filename, int pcr);
 void ima_free_template_entry(struct ima_template_entry *entry);
-const char *ima_d_path(const struct path *path, char **pathbuf);
+const char *ima_d_path(const struct path *path, char **pathbuf, char *filename);
 
 /* IMA policy related functions */
 int ima_match_policy(struct inode *inode, enum ima_hooks func, int mask,
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 9df26a2b75ba..d01a52f8f708 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -318,7 +318,17 @@ void ima_audit_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	iint->flags |= IMA_AUDITED;
 }
 
-const char *ima_d_path(const struct path *path, char **pathbuf)
+/*
+ * ima_d_path - return a pointer to the full pathname
+ *
+ * Attempt to return a pointer to the full pathname for use in the
+ * IMA measurement list, IMA audit records, and auditing logs.
+ *
+ * On failure, return a pointer to a copy of the filename, not dname.
+ * Returning a pointer to dname, could result in using the pointer
+ * after the memory has been freed.
+ */
+const char *ima_d_path(const struct path *path, char **pathbuf, char *namebuf)
 {
 	char *pathname = NULL;
 
@@ -331,5 +341,11 @@ const char *ima_d_path(const struct path *path, char **pathbuf)
 			pathname = NULL;
 		}
 	}
-	return pathname ?: (const char *)path->dentry->d_name.name;
+
+	if (!pathname) {
+		strlcpy(namebuf, path->dentry->d_name.name, NAME_MAX);
+		pathname = namebuf;
+	}
+
+	return pathname;
 }
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 50818c60538b..d5e492bd2899 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static void ima_rdwr_violation_check(struct file *file,
 				     const char **pathname)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	char filename[NAME_MAX];
 	fmode_t mode = file->f_mode;
 	bool send_tomtou = false, send_writers = false;
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ static void ima_rdwr_violation_check(struct file *file,
 	if (!send_tomtou && !send_writers)
 		return;
 
-	*pathname = ima_d_path(&file->f_path, pathbuf);
+	*pathname = ima_d_path(&file->f_path, pathbuf, filename);
 
 	if (send_tomtou)
 		ima_add_violation(file, *pathname, iint,
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, char *buf, loff_t size,
 	struct integrity_iint_cache *iint = NULL;
 	struct ima_template_desc *template_desc;
 	char *pathbuf = NULL;
+	char filename[NAME_MAX];
 	const char *pathname = NULL;
 	int rc = -ENOMEM, action, must_appraise;
 	int pcr = CONFIG_IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX;
@@ -239,8 +241,8 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, char *buf, loff_t size,
 		goto out_digsig;
 	}
 
-	if (!pathname)	/* ima_rdwr_violation possibly pre-fetched */
-		pathname = ima_d_path(&file->f_path, &pathbuf);
+	if (!pathbuf)	/* ima_rdwr_violation possibly pre-fetched */
+		pathname = ima_d_path(&file->f_path, &pathbuf, filename);
 
 	if (action & IMA_MEASURE)
 		ima_store_measurement(iint, file, pathname,