1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index c93c21127f0c..5d0144ee8ed6 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,10 @@ static int security_context_to_sid_core(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len,
         struct context context;
         int rc = 0;
 
+        /* An empty security context is never valid. */
+        if (!scontext_len)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         if (!ss_initialized) {
                 int i;