diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 77d93f7fed39..05c91180c362 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e9024f0f79c3f847a793d6a16bf4fefc6d7a4649
+refs/heads/master: 6b384de853c9f05e5e6da6c95edb475b96dd2cc1
diff --git a/trunk/net/tipc/socket.c b/trunk/net/tipc/socket.c
index 0923213fc6a4..758b2d2d2f9c 100644
--- a/trunk/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/trunk/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ static int connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *dest, int destlen,
    if (sock->state != SS_UNCONNECTED)
            return -EISCONN;
 
-   if ((dst->family != AF_TIPC) ||
+   if ((destlen < sizeof(*dst)) || (dst->family != AF_TIPC) ||
        ((dst->addrtype != TIPC_ADDR_NAME) && (dst->addrtype != TIPC_ADDR_ID)))
            return -EINVAL;