1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
index 24e9357d7ba..e8999d6224f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qxmlstream.cpp
@@ -1296,7 +1296,9 @@ inline qsizetype QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::fastScanContentCharList()
     return n;
 }
 
-inline qsizetype QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::fastScanName(Value *val)
+// Fast scan an XML attribute name (e.g. "xml:lang").
+inline QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::FastScanNameResult
+QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::fastScanName(Value *val)
 {
     qsizetype n = 0;
     uint c;
@@ -1304,7 +1306,8 @@ inline qsizetype QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::fastScanName(Value *val)
         if (n >= 4096) {
             // This is too long to be a sensible name, and
             // can exhaust memory, or the range of decltype(*prefix)
-            return 0;
+            raiseNamePrefixTooLongError();
+            return {};
         }
         switch (c) {
         case '\n':
@@ -1338,18 +1341,18 @@ inline qsizetype QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::fastScanName(Value *val)
                 putChar(':');
                 --n;
             }
-            return n;
+            return FastScanNameResult(n);
         case ':':
             if (val) {
                 if (val->prefix == 0) {
                     val->prefix = qint16(n + 2);
                 } else { // only one colon allowed according to the namespace spec.
                     putChar(c);
-                    return n;
+                    return FastScanNameResult(n);
                 }
             } else {
                 putChar(c);
-                return n;
+                return FastScanNameResult(n);
             }
             Q_FALLTHROUGH();
         default:
@@ -1363,7 +1366,7 @@ inline qsizetype QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::fastScanName(Value *val)
     qsizetype pos = textBuffer.size() - n;
     putString(textBuffer, pos);
     textBuffer.resize(pos);
-    return 0;
+    return FastScanNameResult(0);
 }
 
 enum NameChar { NameBeginning, NameNotBeginning, NotName };
@@ -1841,6 +1844,14 @@ void QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::raiseWellFormedError(const QString &message)
     raiseError(QXmlStreamReader::NotWellFormedError, message);
 }
 
+void QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::raiseNamePrefixTooLongError()
+{
+    // TODO: add a ImplementationLimitsExceededError and use it instead
+    raiseError(QXmlStreamReader::NotWellFormedError,
+               QXmlStream::tr("Length of XML attribute name exceeds implemnetation limits (4KiB "
+                              "characters)."));
+}
+
 void QXmlStreamReaderPrivate::parseError()
 {