1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index d2681a6bc6fa..71513b3926a5 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2086,6 +2086,9 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_autoclose(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (copy_from_user(&sp->autoclose, optval, optlen))
                 return -EFAULT;
+        /* make sure it won't exceed MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT */
+        if (sp->autoclose > (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ) )
+                sp->autoclose = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ ;
 
         return 0;
 }