diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c b/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
index 456e1a9bcfde..34afeadd9e73 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ int cond_read_bool(struct policydb *p, struct hashtab *h, void *fp)
 		goto err;
 
 	len = le32_to_cpu(buf[2]);
+	if (((len == 0) || (len == (u32)-1)))
+		goto err;
 
 	rc = -ENOMEM;
 	key = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 4b243855ed7b..8c661f0451ec 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1094,6 +1094,9 @@ static int str_read(char **strp, gfp_t flags, void *fp, u32 len)
 	int rc;
 	char *str;
 
+	if ((len == 0) || (len == (u32)-1))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	str = kmalloc(len + 1, flags);
 	if (!str)
 		return -ENOMEM;