ac.ac_ppid = current->parent->tgid;
 #endif
 
-       read_lock(&tasklist_lock);      /* pin current->signal */
+       mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
+       /* FIXME: Whoever is responsible for current->signal locking needs
+          to use the same locking all over the kernel and document it */
+       read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
        ac.ac_tty = current->signal->tty ?
                old_encode_dev(tty_devnum(current->signal->tty)) : 0;
        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+       mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
 
        spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
        ac.ac_utime = encode_comp_t(jiffies_to_AHZ(cputime_to_jiffies(pacct->ac_utime)));
 
                audit_log_format(ab, " success=%s exit=%ld", 
                                 (context->return_valid==AUDITSC_SUCCESS)?"yes":"no",
                                 context->return_code);
+
+       mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
        if (tsk->signal && tsk->signal->tty && tsk->signal->tty->name)
                tty = tsk->signal->tty->name;
        else
                  context->gid,
                  context->euid, context->suid, context->fsuid,
                  context->egid, context->sgid, context->fsgid, tty);
+
+       mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
+
        audit_log_task_info(ab, tsk);
        if (context->filterkey) {
                audit_log_format(ab, " key=");