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diff --git a/nss/valid_field.c b/nss/valid_field.c
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+/* Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <nss.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+const char __nss_invalid_field_characters[] = NSS_INVALID_FIELD_CHARACTERS;
+
+/* Check that VALUE is either NULL or a NUL-terminated string which
+   does not contain characters not permitted in NSS database
+   fields.  */
+_Bool
+__nss_valid_field (const char *value)
+{
+  return value == NULL
+    || strpbrk (value, __nss_invalid_field_characters) == NULL;
+}