diff --git a/fs/hfs/catalog.c b/fs/hfs/catalog.c
index 6d98f116ca03d610a1477dc77558c899f5abe48d..424b0337f5244b150fcad3fb67b9ef8cb93ae932 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/catalog.c
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ int hfs_cat_move(u32 cnid, struct inode *src_dir, struct qstr *src_name,
 	err = hfs_brec_find(&src_fd);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
+	if (src_fd.entrylength > sizeof(entry) || src_fd.entrylength < 0) {
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	hfs_bnode_read(src_fd.bnode, &entry, src_fd.entryoffset,
 			    src_fd.entrylength);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 7c69b98a2e45b679cc97b87e00247fa40442c2d8..2b3b8611b41b5010daf2392a522834075654a4ef 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		filp->f_pos++;
 		/* fall through */
 	case 1:
+		if (fd.entrylength > sizeof(entry) || fd.entrylength < 0) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset, fd.entrylength);
 		if (entry.type != HFS_CDR_THD) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: bad catalog folder thread\n");
@@ -109,6 +114,12 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		if (fd.entrylength > sizeof(entry) || fd.entrylength < 0) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset, fd.entrylength);
 		type = entry.type;
 		len = hfs_mac2asc(sb, strbuf, &fd.key->cat.CName);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index f7fcbe49da723c40b56c816c8f04bea6e8d24616..5ed7252b7b23246aabdb015341ba19cbb101379a 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -409,8 +409,13 @@ static int hfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	/* try to get the root inode */
 	hfs_find_init(HFS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
 	res = hfs_cat_find_brec(sb, HFS_ROOT_CNID, &fd);
-	if (!res)
+	if (!res) {
+		if (fd.entrylength > sizeof(rec) || fd.entrylength < 0) {
+			res =  -EIO;
+			goto bail;
+		}
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &rec, fd.entryoffset, fd.entrylength);
+	}
 	if (res) {
 		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 		goto bail_no_root;