1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index eb00be205811..7b07cc0dfb75 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -71,12 +71,22 @@ err_alloc:
         return NULL;
 }
 
+/* MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL is needed for limiting size of 'struct pid' */
+#define MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL 32
+
 static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *parent_pid_ns)
 {
         struct pid_namespace *ns;
         unsigned int level = parent_pid_ns->level + 1;
-        int i, err = -ENOMEM;
+        int i;
+        int err;
+
+        if (level > MAX_PID_NS_LEVEL) {
+                err = -EINVAL;
+                goto out;
+        }
 
+        err = -ENOMEM;
         ns = kmem_cache_zalloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (ns == NULL)
                 goto out;