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diff --git a/internal/nametransform/valid.go b/internal/nametransform/valid.go
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+package nametransform
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// IsValidName checks if `name` is a valid name for a normal file
+// (does not contain null bytes or "/" etc...).
+func IsValidName(name string) error {
+	if name == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("empty input")
+	}
+	if len(name) > NameMax {
+		return fmt.Errorf("too long")
+	}
+	// A name can never contain a null byte or "/". Make sure we never return those
+	// to the kernel, even when we read a corrupted (or fuzzed) filesystem.
+	if strings.Contains(name, "\000") || strings.Contains(name, "/") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("contains forbidden bytes")
+	}
+	// The name should never be "." or "..".
+	if name == "." || name == ".." {
+		return fmt.Errorf(". and .. are forbidden names")
+	}
+	return nil
+}