rec = (e + b) / 2;
                len = hfs_brec_lenoff(bnode, rec, &off);
                keylen = hfs_brec_keylen(bnode, rec);
+               if (keylen == HFS_BAD_KEYLEN) {
+                       res = -EINVAL;
+                       goto done;
+               }
                hfs_bnode_read(bnode, fd->key, off, keylen);
                cmpval = bnode->tree->keycmp(fd->key, fd->search_key);
                if (!cmpval) {
        if (rec != e && e >= 0) {
                len = hfs_brec_lenoff(bnode, e, &off);
                keylen = hfs_brec_keylen(bnode, e);
+               if (keylen == HFS_BAD_KEYLEN) {
+                       res = -EINVAL;
+                       goto done;
+               }
                hfs_bnode_read(bnode, fd->key, off, keylen);
        }
 done:
 
        len = hfs_brec_lenoff(bnode, fd->record, &off);
        keylen = hfs_brec_keylen(bnode, fd->record);
+       if (keylen == HFS_BAD_KEYLEN) {
+               res = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
+       }
        fd->keyoffset = off;
        fd->keylength = keylen;
        fd->entryoffset = off + keylen;
 
                recoff = hfs_bnode_read_u16(node, node->tree->node_size - (rec + 1) * 2);
                if (!recoff)
                        return 0;
-               if (node->tree->attributes & HFS_TREE_BIGKEYS)
+               if (node->tree->attributes & HFS_TREE_BIGKEYS) {
                        retval = hfs_bnode_read_u16(node, recoff) + 2;
-               else
+                       if (retval > node->tree->max_key_len + 2) {
+                               printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: keylen %d too large\n",
+                                       retval);
+                               retval = HFS_BAD_KEYLEN;
+                       }
+               } else {
                        retval = (hfs_bnode_read_u8(node, recoff) | 1) + 1;
+                       if (retval > node->tree->max_key_len + 1) {
+                               printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: keylen %d too large\n",
+                                       retval);
+                               retval = HFS_BAD_KEYLEN;
+                       }
+               }
        }
        return retval;
 }
 
                goto fail_page;
        if (!tree->node_count)
                goto fail_page;
+       if ((id == HFS_EXT_CNID) && (tree->max_key_len != HFS_MAX_EXT_KEYLEN)) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: invalid extent max_key_len %d\n",
+                       tree->max_key_len);
+               goto fail_page;
+       }
+       if ((id == HFS_CAT_CNID) && (tree->max_key_len != HFS_MAX_CAT_KEYLEN)) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: invalid catalog max_key_len %d\n",
+                       tree->max_key_len);
+               goto fail_page;
+       }
+
        tree->node_size_shift = ffs(size) - 1;
        tree->pages_per_bnode = (tree->node_size + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
        return tree;
 
  fail_page:
-       tree->inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hfs_aops;
        page_cache_release(page);
  free_tree:
+       tree->inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hfs_aops;
        iput(tree->inode);
        kfree(tree);
        return NULL;
 
 #define HFS_MAX_NAMELEN                128
 #define HFS_MAX_VALENCE                32767U
 
+#define HFS_BAD_KEYLEN         0xFF
+
 /* Meanings of the drAtrb field of the MDB,
  * Reference: _Inside Macintosh: Files_ p. 2-61
  */
        struct hfs_ext_key ext;
 } hfs_btree_key;
 
+#define HFS_MAX_CAT_KEYLEN     (sizeof(struct hfs_cat_key) - sizeof(u8))
+#define HFS_MAX_EXT_KEYLEN     (sizeof(struct hfs_ext_key) - sizeof(u8))
+
 typedef union hfs_btree_key btree_key;
 
 struct hfs_extent {