diff --git a/fs/smb/client/misc.c b/fs/smb/client/misc.c
index e4bac2a0b85d..b9c59b2cf76a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/misc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/misc.c
@@ -682,6 +682,8 @@ parse_dfs_referrals(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp *rsp, u32 rsp_size,
 	int i, rc = 0;
 	char *data_end;
 	struct dfs_referral_level_3 *ref;
+	unsigned int path_consumed;
+	size_t search_name_len;
 
 	if (rsp_size < sizeof(*rsp)) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS | ONCE,
@@ -728,6 +730,7 @@ parse_dfs_referrals(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp *rsp, u32 rsp_size,
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
 	}
+	search_name_len = strlen(searchName);
 
 	/* collect necessary data from referrals */
 	for (i = 0; i < *num_of_nodes; i++) {
@@ -736,21 +739,34 @@ parse_dfs_referrals(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp *rsp, u32 rsp_size,
 		struct dfs_info3_param *node = (*target_nodes)+i;
 
 		node->flags = le32_to_cpu(rsp->DFSFlags);
+		path_consumed = le16_to_cpu(rsp->PathConsumed);
 		if (is_unicode) {
-			__le16 *tmp = kmalloc(strlen(searchName)*2 + 2,
-						GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (tmp == NULL) {
+			size_t search_name_utf16_len = search_name_len * 2 + 2;
+			__le16 *tmp;
+
+			if (path_consumed > search_name_utf16_len) {
+				rc = -EINVAL;
+				goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+			}
+
+			tmp = kmalloc(search_name_utf16_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!tmp) {
 				rc = -ENOMEM;
 				goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
 			}
-			cifsConvertToUTF16((__le16 *) tmp, searchName,
+			cifsConvertToUTF16((__le16 *)tmp, searchName,
 					   PATH_MAX, nls_codepage, remap);
-			node->path_consumed = cifs_utf16_bytes(tmp,
-					le16_to_cpu(rsp->PathConsumed),
-					nls_codepage);
+			node->path_consumed = cifs_utf16_bytes(tmp, path_consumed,
+							       nls_codepage);
 			kfree(tmp);
-		} else
-			node->path_consumed = le16_to_cpu(rsp->PathConsumed);
+		} else {
+			if (path_consumed > search_name_len) {
+				rc = -EINVAL;
+				goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+			}
+
+			node->path_consumed = path_consumed;
+		}
 
 		node->server_type = le16_to_cpu(ref->ServerType);
 		node->ref_flag = le16_to_cpu(ref->ReferralEntryFlags);