const struct nlattr * const tb[])
 {
        struct nft_exthdr *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
+       u32 offset, len;
 
        if (tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_DREG] == NULL ||
            tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_TYPE] == NULL ||
            tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_LEN] == NULL)
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       offset = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_OFFSET]));
+       len = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_LEN]));
+
+       if (offset > U8_MAX || len > U8_MAX)
+               return -ERANGE;
+
        priv->type   = nla_get_u8(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_TYPE]);
-       priv->offset = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_OFFSET]));
-       priv->len    = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_LEN]));
+       priv->offset = offset;
+       priv->len    = len;
        priv->dreg   = nft_parse_register(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_DREG]);
 
        return nft_validate_register_store(ctx, priv->dreg, NULL,