ssize_t sz = 0;
        char *data;
        uid_t euid = current_euid();
+       unsigned char packet_size_peek[3];
        int rc;
 
-       if (count == 0)
+       if (count == 0) {
                goto out;
+       } else if (count == (1 + 4)) {
+               /* Likely a harmless MSG_HELO or MSG_QUIT - no packet length */
+               goto memdup;
+       } else if (count < (1 + 4 + 1)
+                  || count > (1 + 4 + 2 + sizeof(struct ecryptfs_message) + 4
+                              + ECRYPTFS_MAX_ENCRYPTED_KEY_BYTES)) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Acceptable packet size range is "
+                      "[%d-%lu], but amount of data written is [%zu].",
+                      __func__, (1 + 4 + 1),
+                      (1 + 4 + 2 + sizeof(struct ecryptfs_message) + 4
+                       + ECRYPTFS_MAX_ENCRYPTED_KEY_BYTES), count);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       if (copy_from_user(packet_size_peek, (buf + 1 + 4),
+                          sizeof(packet_size_peek))) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Error while inspecting packet size\n",
+                      __func__);
+               return -EFAULT;
+       }
+
+       rc = ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(packet_size_peek, &packet_size,
+                                         &packet_size_length);
+       if (rc) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Error parsing packet length; "
+                      "rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
+               return rc;
+       }
+
+       if ((1 + 4 + packet_size_length + packet_size) != count) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Invalid packet size [%zu]\n", __func__,
+                      packet_size);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
+memdup:
        data = memdup_user(buf, count);
        if (IS_ERR(data)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: memdup_user returned error [%ld]\n",
                }
                memcpy(&counter_nbo, &data[i], 4);
                seq = be32_to_cpu(counter_nbo);
-               i += 4;
-               rc = ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(&data[i], &packet_size,
-                                                 &packet_size_length);
-               if (rc) {
-                       printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Error parsing packet length; "
-                              "rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
-                       goto out_free;
-               }
-               i += packet_size_length;
-               if ((1 + 4 + packet_size_length + packet_size) != count) {
-                       printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: (1 + packet_size_length([%zd])"
-                              " + packet_size([%zd]))([%zd]) != "
-                              "count([%zd]). Invalid packet format.\n",
-                              __func__, packet_size_length, packet_size,
-                              (1 + packet_size_length + packet_size), count);
-                       goto out_free;
-               }
+               i += 4 + packet_size_length;
                rc = ecryptfs_miscdev_response(&data[i], packet_size,
                                               euid, current_user_ns(),
                                               task_pid(current), seq);