1 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/util.c b/src/basic/util.c
index 9571f0ab12..f752595ca1 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.c
+++ b/src/basic/util.c
@@ -3006,21 +3006,6 @@ char* strshorten(char *s, size_t l) {
         return s;
 }
 
-bool machine_name_is_valid(const char *s) {
-
-        if (!hostname_is_valid(s, false))
-                return false;
-
-        /* Machine names should be useful hostnames, but also be
-         * useful in unit names, hence we enforce a stricter length
-         * limitation. */
-
-        if (strlen(s) > 64)
-                return false;
-
-        return true;
-}
-
 int pipe_eof(int fd) {
         struct pollfd pollfd = {
                 .fd = fd,
@@ -4928,6 +4913,9 @@ int container_get_leader(const char *machine, pid_t *pid) {
         assert(machine);
         assert(pid);
 
+        if (!machine_name_is_valid(machine))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         p = strjoina("/run/systemd/machines/", machine);
         r = parse_env_file(p, NEWLINE, "LEADER", &s, "CLASS", &class, NULL);
         if (r == -ENOENT)