1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index c93c21127f0c..4bca49414a40 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;
 
@@ -1285,16 +1289,18 @@ out:
  * @scontext: security context
  * @scontext_len: length in bytes
  * @sid: security identifier, SID
+ * @gfp: context for the allocation
  *
  * Obtains a SID associated with the security context that
  * has the string representation specified by @scontext.
  * Returns -%EINVAL if the context is invalid, -%ENOMEM if insufficient
  * memory is available, or 0 on success.
  */
-int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid)
+int security_context_to_sid(const char *scontext, u32 scontext_len, u32 *sid,
+                            gfp_t gfp)
 {
         return security_context_to_sid_core(scontext, scontext_len,
-                                            sid, SECSID_NULL, GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+                                            sid, SECSID_NULL, gfp, 0);
 }
 
 /**