}
 
 static int padding_length(struct tls_sw_context_rx *ctx,
-                         struct tls_context *tls_ctx, struct sk_buff *skb)
+                         struct tls_prot_info *prot, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
        struct strp_msg *rxm = strp_msg(skb);
        int sub = 0;
 
        /* Determine zero-padding length */
-       if (tls_ctx->prot_info.version == TLS_1_3_VERSION) {
+       if (prot->version == TLS_1_3_VERSION) {
                char content_type = 0;
                int err;
                int back = 17;
 
                while (content_type == 0) {
-                       if (back > rxm->full_len)
+                       if (back > rxm->full_len - prot->prepend_size)
                                return -EBADMSG;
                        err = skb_copy_bits(skb,
                                            rxm->offset + rxm->full_len - back,
                                            &content_type, 1);
+                       if (err)
+                               return err;
                        if (content_type)
                                break;
                        sub++;
                tls_err_abort(skb->sk, err);
        } else {
                struct strp_msg *rxm = strp_msg(skb);
-               rxm->full_len -= padding_length(ctx, tls_ctx, skb);
-               rxm->offset += prot->prepend_size;
-               rxm->full_len -= prot->overhead_size;
+               int pad;
+
+               pad = padding_length(ctx, prot, skb);
+               if (pad < 0) {
+                       ctx->async_wait.err = pad;
+                       tls_err_abort(skb->sk, pad);
+               } else {
+                       rxm->full_len -= pad;
+                       rxm->offset += prot->prepend_size;
+                       rxm->full_len -= prot->overhead_size;
+               }
        }
 
        /* After using skb->sk to propagate sk through crypto async callback
        struct tls_prot_info *prot = &tls_ctx->prot_info;
        int version = prot->version;
        struct strp_msg *rxm = strp_msg(skb);
-       int err = 0;
+       int pad, err = 0;
 
        if (!ctx->decrypted) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TLS_DEVICE
                        *zc = false;
                }
 
-               rxm->full_len -= padding_length(ctx, tls_ctx, skb);
+               pad = padding_length(ctx, prot, skb);
+               if (pad < 0)
+                       return pad;
+
+               rxm->full_len -= pad;
                rxm->offset += prot->prepend_size;
                rxm->full_len -= prot->overhead_size;
                tls_advance_record_sn(sk, &tls_ctx->rx, version);