What "smbd_audit: log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data!" message means?

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Issue

Everything is working properly, but the message bellow appears repeatedly in /var/log/messages. What this message means? Should I worry about it?

Aug 21 09:18:18 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:21:29 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:21:29 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:21:37 server1 smbd[16592]:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:21:37 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:21:37 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:21:37 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:06 server1 smbd[16677]:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:06 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:06 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:06 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:14 server1 smbd[16682]:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:14 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:14 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data! 
Aug 21 09:23:14 server1 smbd_audit:   log_success() failed to get vfs_handle->data!

It happens when samba and auditd is being in use with full_audit in smb.conf.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8

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