1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
index 589d686f0b4c..dc3fd5d44464 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ nfnl_acct_new(struct sock *nfnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         acct_name = nla_data(tb[NFACCT_NAME]);
+        if (strlen(acct_name) == 0)
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         list_for_each_entry(nfacct, &nfnl_acct_list, head) {
                 if (strncmp(nfacct->name, acct_name, NFACCT_NAME_MAX) != 0)