--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ static inline int dccp_ack_pending(const
 	       inet_csk_ack_scheduled(sk);
 }
 
+extern int  dccp_feat_finalise_settings(struct dccp_sock *dp);
 extern void dccp_feat_list_purge(struct list_head *fn_list);
 
 extern int dccp_insert_options(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
--- a/net/dccp/feat.c
+++ b/net/dccp/feat.c
@@ -400,6 +400,166 @@ int dccp_feat_change(struct dccp_minisoc
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_feat_change);
 
+/*
+ *	Tracking features whose value depend on the choice of CCID
+ *
+ * This is designed with an extension in mind so that a list walk could be done
+ * before activating any features. However, the existing framework was found to
+ * work satisfactorily up until now, the automatic verification is left open.
+ * When adding new CCIDs, add a corresponding dependency table here.
+ */
+static const struct ccid_dependency *dccp_feat_ccid_deps(u8 ccid, bool is_local)
+{
+	static const struct ccid_dependency ccid2_dependencies[2][2] = {
+		/*
+		 * CCID2 mandates Ack Vectors (RFC 4341, 4.): as CCID is a TX
+		 * feature and Send Ack Vector is an RX feature, `is_local'
+		 * needs to be reversed.
+		 */
+		{	/* Dependencies of the receiver-side (remote) CCID2 */
+			{
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_ACK_VECTOR,
+				.is_local	= true,
+				.is_mandatory	= true,
+				.val		= 1
+			},
+			{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+		},
+		{	/* Dependencies of the sender-side (local) CCID2 */
+			{
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_ACK_VECTOR,
+				.is_local	= false,
+				.is_mandatory	= true,
+				.val		= 1
+			},
+			{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+		}
+	};
+	static const struct ccid_dependency ccid3_dependencies[2][5] = {
+		{	/*
+			 * Dependencies of the receiver-side CCID3
+			 */
+			{	/* locally disable Ack Vectors */
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_ACK_VECTOR,
+				.is_local	= true,
+				.is_mandatory	= false,
+				.val		= 0
+			},
+			{	/* see below why Send Loss Event Rate is on */
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_LEV_RATE,
+				.is_local	= true,
+				.is_mandatory	= true,
+				.val		= 1
+			},
+			{	/* NDP Count is needed as per RFC 4342, 6.1.1 */
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_NDP_COUNT,
+				.is_local	= false,
+				.is_mandatory	= true,
+				.val		= 1
+			},
+			{ 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+		},
+		{	/*
+			 * CCID3 at the TX side: we request that the HC-receiver
+			 * will not send Ack Vectors (they will be ignored, so
+			 * Mandatory is not set); we enable Send Loss Event Rate
+			 * (Mandatory since the implementation does not support
+			 * the Loss Intervals option of RFC 4342, 8.6).
+			 * The last two options are for peer's information only.
+			*/
+			{
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_ACK_VECTOR,
+				.is_local	= false,
+				.is_mandatory	= false,
+				.val		= 0
+			},
+			{
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_LEV_RATE,
+				.is_local	= false,
+				.is_mandatory	= true,
+				.val		= 1
+			},
+			{	/* this CCID does not support Ack Ratio */
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_ACK_RATIO,
+				.is_local	= true,
+				.is_mandatory	= false,
+				.val		= 0
+			},
+			{	/* tell receiver we are sending NDP counts */
+				.dependent_feat	= DCCPF_SEND_NDP_COUNT,
+				.is_local	= true,
+				.is_mandatory	= false,
+				.val		= 1
+			},
+			{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+		}
+	};
+	switch (ccid) {
+	case DCCPC_CCID2:
+		return ccid2_dependencies[is_local];
+	case DCCPC_CCID3:
+		return ccid3_dependencies[is_local];
+	default:
+		return NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * dccp_feat_propagate_ccid - Resolve dependencies of features on choice of CCID
+ * @fn: feature-negotiation list to update
+ * @id: CCID number to track
+ * @is_local: whether TX CCID (1) or RX CCID (0) is meant
+ * This function needs to be called after registering all other features.
+ */
+static int dccp_feat_propagate_ccid(struct list_head *fn, u8 id, bool is_local)
+{
+	const struct ccid_dependency *table = dccp_feat_ccid_deps(id, is_local);
+	int i, rc = (table == NULL);
+
+	for (i = 0; rc == 0 && table[i].dependent_feat != DCCPF_RESERVED; i++)
+		if (dccp_feat_type(table[i].dependent_feat) == FEAT_SP)
+			rc = __feat_register_sp(fn, table[i].dependent_feat,
+						    table[i].is_local,
+						    table[i].is_mandatory,
+						    &table[i].val, 1);
+		else
+			rc = __feat_register_nn(fn, table[i].dependent_feat,
+						    table[i].is_mandatory,
+						    table[i].val);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dccp_feat_finalise_settings  -  Finalise settings before starting negotiation
+ * @dp: client or listening socket (settings will be inherited)
+ * This is called after all registrations (socket initialisation, sysctls, and
+ * sockopt calls), and before sending the first packet containing Change options
+ * (ie. client-Request or server-Response), to ensure internal consistency.
+ */
+int dccp_feat_finalise_settings(struct dccp_sock *dp)
+{
+	struct list_head *fn = &dp->dccps_featneg;
+	struct dccp_feat_entry *entry;
+	int i = 2, ccids[2] = { -1, -1 };
+
+	/*
+	 * Propagating CCIDs:
+	 * 1) not useful to propagate CCID settings if this host advertises more
+	 *    than one CCID: the choice of CCID  may still change - if this is
+	 *    the client, or if this is the server and the client sends
+	 *    singleton CCID values.
+	 * 2) since is that propagate_ccid changes the list, we defer changing
+	 *    the sorted list until after the traversal.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry(entry, fn, node)
+		if (entry->feat_num == DCCPF_CCID && entry->val.sp.len == 1)
+			ccids[entry->is_local] = entry->val.sp.vec[0];
+	while (i--)
+		if (ccids[i] > 0 && dccp_feat_propagate_ccid(fn, ccids[i], i))
+			return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int dccp_feat_update_ccid(struct sock *sk, u8 type, u8 new_ccid_nr)
 {
 	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
--- a/net/dccp/output.c
+++ b/net/dccp/output.c
@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ int dccp_connect(struct sock *sk)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 
+	/* do not connect if feature negotiation setup fails */
+	if (dccp_feat_finalise_settings(dccp_sk(sk)))
+		return -EPROTO;
+
 	dccp_connect_init(sk);
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(sk->sk_prot->max_header, sk->sk_allocation);
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ static inline int dccp_listen_start(stru
 	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
 
 	dp->dccps_role = DCCP_ROLE_LISTEN;
+	/* do not start to listen if feature negotiation setup fails */
+	if (dccp_feat_finalise_settings(dp))
+		return -EPROTO;
 	return inet_csk_listen_start(sk, backlog);
 }
 
