diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 0dc13bff2847581b87f0c59b3aa7ee133914f5d5..bf9d3d7e0c9d30f67cffbc51b684a043f60a71b2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -554,6 +554,8 @@ int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg(struct trace_probe *tp, int i, char *arg,
 
 	body = strchr(arg, '=');
 	if (body) {
+		if (body - arg > MAX_ARG_NAME_LEN || body == arg)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		parg->name = kmemdup_nul(arg, body - arg, GFP_KERNEL);
 		body++;
 	} else {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 8a63f8bc01bc73ef0229fe735e2238f5a47bb561..2177c206de151c1b4e17b491020d0d9cd0af57a8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define MAX_TRACE_ARGS		128
 #define MAX_ARGSTR_LEN		63
 #define MAX_ARRAY_LEN		64
+#define MAX_ARG_NAME_LEN	32
 #define MAX_STRING_SIZE		PATH_MAX
 
 /* Reserved field names */