diff --git a/net/can/af_can.c b/net/can/af_can.c
index 7e8ca2836452..484bbf6dd032 100644
--- a/net/can/af_can.c
+++ b/net/can/af_can.c
@@ -205,12 +205,19 @@ static int can_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
  *  -ENOBUFS on full driver queue (see net_xmit_errno())
  *  -ENOMEM when local loopback failed at calling skb_clone()
  *  -EPERM when trying to send on a non-CAN interface
+ *  -EINVAL when the skb->data does not contain a valid CAN frame
  */
 int can_send(struct sk_buff *skb, int loop)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *newskb = NULL;
+	struct can_frame *cf = (struct can_frame *)skb->data;
 	int err;
 
+	if (skb->len != sizeof(struct can_frame) || cf->can_dlc > 8) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (skb->dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -605,6 +612,7 @@ static int can_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		   struct packet_type *pt, struct net_device *orig_dev)
 {
 	struct dev_rcv_lists *d;
+	struct can_frame *cf = (struct can_frame *)skb->data;
 	int matches;
 
 	if (dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN || dev_net(dev) != &init_net) {
@@ -612,6 +620,8 @@ static int can_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	BUG_ON(skb->len != sizeof(struct can_frame) || cf->can_dlc > 8);
+
 	/* update statistics */
 	can_stats.rx_frames++;
 	can_stats.rx_frames_delta++;
diff --git a/net/can/bcm.c b/net/can/bcm.c
index d9a3a9d13bed..72c2ce904f83 100644
--- a/net/can/bcm.c
+++ b/net/can/bcm.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static void bcm_send_to_user(struct bcm_op *op, struct bcm_msg_head *head,
 
 	if (head->nframes) {
 		/* can_frames starting here */
-		firstframe = (struct can_frame *) skb_tail_pointer(skb);
+		firstframe = (struct can_frame *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
 
 		memcpy(skb_put(skb, datalen), frames, datalen);
 
@@ -826,6 +826,10 @@ static int bcm_tx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
 		for (i = 0; i < msg_head->nframes; i++) {
 			err = memcpy_fromiovec((u8 *)&op->frames[i],
 					       msg->msg_iov, CFSIZ);
+
+			if (op->frames[i].can_dlc > 8)
+				err = -EINVAL;
+
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 
@@ -858,6 +862,10 @@ static int bcm_tx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
 		for (i = 0; i < msg_head->nframes; i++) {
 			err = memcpy_fromiovec((u8 *)&op->frames[i],
 					       msg->msg_iov, CFSIZ);
+
+			if (op->frames[i].can_dlc > 8)
+				err = -EINVAL;
+
 			if (err < 0) {
 				if (op->frames != &op->sframe)
 					kfree(op->frames);
@@ -1164,9 +1172,12 @@ static int bcm_tx_send(struct msghdr *msg, int ifindex, struct sock *sk)
 
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb->sk  = sk;
-	can_send(skb, 1); /* send with loopback */
+	err = can_send(skb, 1); /* send with loopback */
 	dev_put(dev);
 
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	return CFSIZ + MHSIZ;
 }
 
@@ -1185,6 +1196,10 @@ static int bcm_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!bo->bound)
 		return -ENOTCONN;
 
+	/* check for valid message length from userspace */
+	if (size < MHSIZ || (size - MHSIZ) % CFSIZ)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* check for alternative ifindex for this bcm_op */
 
 	if (!ifindex && msg->msg_name) {
@@ -1259,8 +1274,8 @@ static int bcm_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		break;
 
 	case TX_SEND:
-		/* we need at least one can_frame */
-		if (msg_head.nframes < 1)
+		/* we need exactly one can_frame behind the msg head */
+		if ((msg_head.nframes != 1) || (size != CFSIZ + MHSIZ))
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 		else
 			ret = bcm_tx_send(msg, ifindex, sk);
diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
index 69877b8e7e9c..3e46ee36a1aa 100644
--- a/net/can/raw.c
+++ b/net/can/raw.c
@@ -632,6 +632,9 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	} else
 		ifindex = ro->ifindex;
 
+	if (size != sizeof(struct can_frame))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, ifindex);
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENXIO;