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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 317899222d7f..d2018f70d1fa 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1770,6 +1770,12 @@ static int process_sysctl_arg(char *param, char *val,
return 0;
}
+ if (!val)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ len = strlen(val);
+ if (len == 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* To set sysctl options, we use a temporary mount of proc, look up the
* respective sys/ file and write to it. To avoid mounting it when no
@@ -1811,7 +1817,6 @@ static int process_sysctl_arg(char *param, char *val,
file, param, val);
goto out;
}
- len = strlen(val);
wret = kernel_write(file, val, len, &pos);
if (wret < 0) {
err = wret;