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-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/icmp.go4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/icmp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/icmp.go
index 3eff0bbd8..59acbad02 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/icmp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/icmp.go
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ func (p *protocol) returnError(reason icmpReason, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) tcpip
// if problems arise this could be reversed. It was judged less of a breach
// of protocol to not respond to unknown non-error packets than to respond
// to unknown error packets so we take the first approach.
+ if len(transportHeader) < header.ICMPv4MinimumSize {
+ // The packet is malformed.
+ return nil
+ }
switch header.ICMPv4(transportHeader).Type() {
case
header.ICMPv4EchoReply,