diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c b/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
index d8dcaf2ca88f6322784a0ace8d62475622350ae3..1bebfcb9c6a12ad6c81861f3dda92a10ed07f1af 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
@@ -230,17 +230,11 @@ int cond_read_bool(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file *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);
-	if (!key)
-		goto err;
-	rc = next_entry(key, fp, len);
+	rc = str_read(&key, GFP_KERNEL, fp, len);
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;
-	key[len] = '\0';
+
 	rc = symtab_insert(s, key, booldatum);
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 0850ea6ae018562e42516b3fc03a09aed9ed9d8f..9ea97194371363a5a4f6aa0e2dd035b28821c222 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ static int context_read_and_validate(struct context *c, struct policydb *p,
  * binary representation file.
  */
 
-static int str_read(char **strp, gfp_t flags, struct policy_file *fp, u32 len)
+int str_read(char **strp, gfp_t flags, struct policy_file *fp, u32 len)
 {
 	int rc;
 	char *str;
@@ -2473,24 +2473,18 @@ int policydb_read(struct policydb *p, struct policy_file *fp)
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	rc = -ENOMEM;
-	policydb_str = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!policydb_str) {
-		pr_err("SELinux:  unable to allocate memory for policydb "
-		       "string of length %d\n",
-		       len);
-		goto bad;
-	}
-
-	rc = next_entry(policydb_str, fp, len);
+	rc = str_read(&policydb_str, GFP_KERNEL, fp, len);
 	if (rc) {
-		pr_err("SELinux:  truncated policydb string identifier\n");
-		kfree(policydb_str);
+		if (rc == -ENOMEM) {
+			pr_err("SELinux:  unable to allocate memory for policydb string of length %d\n",
+			       len);
+		} else {
+			pr_err("SELinux:  truncated policydb string identifier\n");
+		}
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
 	rc = -EINVAL;
-	policydb_str[len] = '\0';
 	if (strcmp(policydb_str, POLICYDB_STRING)) {
 		pr_err("SELinux:  policydb string %s does not match "
 		       "my string %s\n",
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
index 80d1fa7e49954b3c848f30a9102e4f8607f733b9..25650224b6e7c8007832737965af4bec76276c7c 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ static inline char *sym_name(struct policydb *p, unsigned int sym_num,
 	return p->sym_val_to_name[sym_num][element_nr];
 }
 
+extern int str_read(char **strp, gfp_t flags, struct policy_file *fp, u32 len);
+
 extern u16 string_to_security_class(struct policydb *p, const char *name);
 extern u32 string_to_av_perm(struct policydb *p, u16 tclass, const char *name);