1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfs.c b/fs/nfs.c
index d606ccd1e9..0ad07aa3f2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs.c
@@ -1023,6 +1023,10 @@ static int nfs_readlink_req(struct nfs_priv *npriv, struct nfs_fh *fh,
 	p = nfs_read_post_op_attr(p, NULL);
 
 	len = ntoh32(net_read_uint32(p)); /* new path length */
+
+	len = max_t(unsigned int, len,
+		    nfs_packet->len - sizeof(struct rpc_reply) - sizeof(uint32_t));
+
 	p++;
 
 	*target = xzalloc(len + 1);