1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/input/ff-core.c b/drivers/input/ff-core.c
index eab56c0aacd5..8f2042432c85 100644
--- a/drivers/input/ff-core.c
+++ b/drivers/input/ff-core.c
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@ int input_ff_create(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int max_effects)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        if (max_effects > FF_MAX_EFFECTS) {
+                dev_err(&dev->dev, "cannot allocate more than FF_MAX_EFFECTS effects\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
         ff_dev_size = sizeof(struct ff_device) +
                                 max_effects * sizeof(struct file *);
         if (ff_dev_size < max_effects) /* overflow */