diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 6ae00fee1d34..76d19146d74b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_hmac(struct dentry *dentry,
 		break;
 	case EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG:
 	case EVM_XATTR_PORTABLE_DIGSIG:
+		/* accept xattr with non-empty signature field */
+		if (xattr_len <= sizeof(struct signature_v2_hdr)) {
+			evm_status = INTEGRITY_FAIL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		hdr = (struct signature_v2_hdr *)xattr_data;
 		digest.hdr.algo = hdr->hash_algo;
 		rc = evm_calc_hash(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,