1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index 939a158eab11..02e1859f2ca8 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ static void deprecated_sysctl_warning(const int *name, int nlen)
          * CTL_KERN/KERN_VERSION is used by older glibc and cannot
          * ever go away.
          */
-        if (name[0] == CTL_KERN && name[1] == KERN_VERSION)
+        if (nlen >= 2 && name[0] == CTL_KERN && name[1] == KERN_VERSION)
                 return;
 
         if (printk_ratelimit()) {