diff --git a/fs/squashfs/block.c b/fs/squashfs/block.c
index 8a19773b5a0b7f14b86f16e97643e7b4c76f941b..45f44425d85601f14b09c49c8bdbc36294d9449b 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/block.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/block.c
@@ -196,9 +196,15 @@ int squashfs_read_data(struct super_block *sb, u64 index, int length,
 		length = SQUASHFS_COMPRESSED_SIZE(length);
 		index += 2;
 
-		TRACE("Block @ 0x%llx, %scompressed size %d\n", index,
+		TRACE("Block @ 0x%llx, %scompressed size %d\n", index - 2,
 		      compressed ? "" : "un", length);
 	}
+	if (length < 0 || length > output->length ||
+			(index + length) > msblk->bytes_used) {
+		res = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (next_index)
 		*next_index = index + length;