diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index ffe3694137ae..20b71a5b4760 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
 
 #include "audit.h"
 
@@ -2034,7 +2035,8 @@ void audit_log_format(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt, ...)
 void audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab, const unsigned char *buf,
 		size_t len)
 {
-	int i, avail, new_len;
+	int avail;
+	size_t i, new_len;
 	unsigned char *ptr;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
@@ -2044,7 +2046,12 @@ void audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab, const unsigned char *buf,
 	BUG_ON(!ab->skb);
 	skb = ab->skb;
 	avail = skb_tailroom(skb);
-	new_len = len<<1;
+
+	if (check_shl_overflow(len, 1, &new_len)) {
+		audit_log_format(ab, "?");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (new_len >= avail) {
 		/* Round the buffer request up to the next multiple */
 		new_len = AUDIT_BUFSIZ*(((new_len-avail)/AUDIT_BUFSIZ) + 1);