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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/route.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index c42fa1deb152..969913da494f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1750,6 +1750,8 @@ static int ip6_convert_metrics(struct mx6_config *mxc,
 		} else {
 			val = nla_get_u32(nla);
 		}
+		if (type == RTAX_HOPLIMIT && val > 255)
+			val = 255;
 		if (type == RTAX_FEATURES && (val & ~RTAX_FEATURE_MASK))
 			goto err;