diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 727433b37bb5..173d8b89072d 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ static int tls_read_size(struct strparser *strp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct tls_context *tls_ctx = tls_get_ctx(strp->sk);
 	struct tls_sw_context_rx *ctx = tls_sw_ctx_rx(tls_ctx);
-	char header[tls_ctx->rx.prepend_size];
+	char header[TLS_HEADER_SIZE + MAX_IV_SIZE];
 	struct strp_msg *rxm = strp_msg(skb);
 	size_t cipher_overhead;
 	size_t data_len = 0;
@@ -951,6 +951,12 @@ static int tls_read_size(struct strparser *strp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (rxm->offset + tls_ctx->rx.prepend_size > skb->len)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Sanity-check size of on-stack buffer. */
+	if (WARN_ON(tls_ctx->rx.prepend_size > sizeof(header))) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto read_failure;
+	}
+
 	/* Linearize header to local buffer */
 	ret = skb_copy_bits(skb, rxm->offset, header, tls_ctx->rx.prepend_size);
 
@@ -1108,7 +1114,7 @@ int tls_set_sw_offload(struct sock *sk, struct tls_context *ctx, int tx)
 	}
 
 	/* Sanity-check the IV size for stack allocations. */
-	if (iv_size > MAX_IV_SIZE) {
+	if (iv_size > MAX_IV_SIZE || nonce_size > MAX_IV_SIZE) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto free_priv;
 	}