diff --git a/fs/squashfs/dir.c b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
index 0dc340a..3f79cd1 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@
 		length += sizeof(dirh);
 
 		dir_count = le32_to_cpu(dirh.count) + 1;
+
+		/* dir_count should never be larger than 256 */
+		if (dir_count > 256)
+			goto failed_read;
+
 		while (dir_count--) {
 			/*
 			 * Read directory entry.
@@ -183,6 +188,10 @@
 
 			size = le16_to_cpu(dire->size) + 1;
 
+			/* size should never be larger than SQUASHFS_NAME_LEN */
+			if (size > SQUASHFS_NAME_LEN)
+				goto failed_read;
+
 			err = squashfs_read_metadata(inode->i_sb, dire->name,
 					&block, &offset, size);
 			if (err < 0)
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/namei.c b/fs/squashfs/namei.c
index 7a9464d..5d922a6 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/namei.c
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@
 		length += sizeof(dirh);
 
 		dir_count = le32_to_cpu(dirh.count) + 1;
+
+		/* dir_count should never be larger than 256 */
+		if (dir_count > 256)
+			goto data_error;
+
 		while (dir_count--) {
 			/*
 			 * Read directory entry.
@@ -187,6 +192,10 @@
 
 			size = le16_to_cpu(dire->size) + 1;
 
+			/* size should never be larger than SQUASHFS_NAME_LEN */
+			if (size > SQUASHFS_NAME_LEN)
+				goto data_error;
+
 			err = squashfs_read_metadata(dir->i_sb, dire->name,
 					&block, &offset, size);
 			if (err < 0)
@@ -228,6 +237,9 @@
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(0);
 
+data_error:
+	err = -EIO;
+
 read_failure:
 	ERROR("Unable to read directory block [%llx:%x]\n",
 		squashfs_i(dir)->start + msblk->directory_table,