diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 91b8ffb..58ad4ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ struct trace_event_call {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct trace_event_class *class;
 	union {
-		char			*name;
+		const char		*name;
 		/* Set TRACE_EVENT_FL_TRACEPOINT flag when using "tp" */
 		struct tracepoint	*tp;
 	};
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 957f941..f8aebcb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5087,6 +5087,9 @@ tracing_cpumask_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	cpumask_var_t tracing_cpumask_new;
 	int err;
 
+	if (count == 0 || count > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&tracing_cpumask_new, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;