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diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 66b8904e4e..34db276a7d 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -1766,8 +1766,14 @@ static int manager_dispatch_notify_fd(sd_event_source *source, int fd, uint32_t
return 0;
}
- /* The message should be a string. Here we make sure it's NUL-terminated,
- * but only the part until first NUL will be used anyway. */
+ /* As extra safety check, let's make sure the string we get doesn't contain embedded NUL bytes. We permit one
+ * trailing NUL byte in the message, but don't expect it. */
+ if (n > 1 && memchr(buf, 0, n-1)) {
+ log_warning("Received notify message with embedded NUL bytes. Ignoring.");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /* Make sure it's NUL-terminated. */
buf[n] = 0;
/* Notify every unit that might be interested, but try