1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/xt_sctp.c
index b5110e5b54b0..9316c753692f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_sctp.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ match_packet(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
         do {
                 sch = skb_header_pointer(skb, offset, sizeof(_sch), &_sch);
-                if (sch == NULL) {
+                if (sch == NULL || sch->length == 0) {
                         duprintf("Dropping invalid SCTP packet.\n");
                         *hotdrop = 1;
                         return 0;