diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 9f96394..5a4844a 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ struct sock {
 	struct {
 		struct sk_buff *head;
 		struct sk_buff *tail;
+		int len;
+		int limit;
 	} sk_backlog;
 	wait_queue_head_t	*sk_sleep;
 	struct dst_entry	*sk_dst_cache;
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ static inline int sk_stream_memory_free(struct sock *sk)
 	return sk->sk_wmem_queued < sk->sk_sndbuf;
 }
 
-/* The per-socket spinlock must be held here. */
+/* OOB backlog add */
 static inline void sk_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (!sk->sk_backlog.tail) {
@@ -573,6 +575,17 @@ static inline void sk_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->next = NULL;
 }
 
+/* The per-socket spinlock must be held here. */
+static inline int sk_add_backlog_limited(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (sk->sk_backlog.len >= max(sk->sk_backlog.limit, sk->sk_rcvbuf << 1))
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	sk_add_backlog(sk, skb);
+	sk->sk_backlog.len += skb->truesize;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int sk_backlog_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return sk->sk_backlog_rcv(sk, skb);
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 6605e75..5797dab 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -336,8 +336,12 @@ int sk_receive_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, const int nested)
 		rc = sk_backlog_rcv(sk, skb);
 
 		mutex_release(&sk->sk_lock.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
-	} else
-		sk_add_backlog(sk, skb);
+	} else if (sk_add_backlog_limited(sk, skb)) {
+		bh_unlock_sock(sk);
+		atomic_inc(&sk->sk_drops);
+		goto discard_and_relse;
+	}
+
 	bh_unlock_sock(sk);
 out:
 	sock_put(sk);
@@ -1114,6 +1118,7 @@ struct sock *sk_clone(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 		sock_lock_init(newsk);
 		bh_lock_sock(newsk);
 		newsk->sk_backlog.head	= newsk->sk_backlog.tail = NULL;
+		newsk->sk_backlog.len = 0;
 
 		atomic_set(&newsk->sk_rmem_alloc, 0);
 		/*
@@ -1517,6 +1522,12 @@ static void __release_sock(struct sock *sk)
 
 		bh_lock_sock(sk);
 	} while ((skb = sk->sk_backlog.head) != NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Doing the zeroing here guarantee we can not loop forever
+	 * while a wild producer attempts to flood us.
+	 */
+	sk->sk_backlog.len = 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1849,6 +1860,7 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_allocation	=	GFP_KERNEL;
 	sk->sk_rcvbuf		=	sysctl_rmem_default;
 	sk->sk_sndbuf		=	sysctl_wmem_default;
+	sk->sk_backlog.limit	=	sk->sk_rcvbuf << 1;
 	sk->sk_state		=	TCP_CLOSE;
 	sk_set_socket(sk, sock);