1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/utils.rb b/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
index 16ec8a8bb28..c66ce0434a4 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def force_utf8(str)
-      str.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
+      str.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
     end
 
     def ensure_utf8_size(str, bytes:)
@@ -131,5 +131,12 @@ module Gitlab
         data
       end
     end
+
+    def string_to_ip_object(str)
+      return unless str
+
+      IPAddr.new(str)
+    rescue IPAddr::InvalidAddressError
+    end
   end
 end