1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 2e2586e2dee1..4cdbc107606f 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1996,6 +1996,9 @@ static int copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
         if (copy_from_user(kmsg, umsg, sizeof(struct msghdr)))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
+        if (kmsg->msg_name == NULL)
+                kmsg->msg_namelen = 0;
+
         if (kmsg->msg_namelen < 0)
                 return -EINVAL;