1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index bf232b98011e..d2c47d4df7b7 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -696,8 +696,9 @@ ssize_t ima_parse_add_rule(char *rule)
 
         p = strsep(&rule, "\n");
         len = strlen(p) + 1;
+        p += strspn(p, " \t");
 
-        if (*p == '#')
+        if (*p == '#' || *p == '\0')
                 return len;
 
         entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);