diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3721fbb..01241fc 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1935,6 +1935,23 @@ static inline int skb_needs_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					      illegal_highdma(dev, skb))));
 }
 
+static int skb_csum_start_bug(struct sk_buff *skb, int pos)
+{
+
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+		long csstart;
+
+		csstart = skb->csum_start - skb_headroom(skb);
+		if (WARN_ON(csstart > skb_headlen(skb))) {
+			pr_warning("%d: csum_start %d, headroom %d, headlen %d\n",
+				   pos, skb->csum_start, skb_headroom(skb),
+				   skb_headlen(skb));
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			struct netdev_queue *txq)
 {
@@ -1959,11 +1976,15 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 				goto out_kfree_skb;
 			if (skb->next)
 				goto gso;
+			if (skb_csum_start_bug(skb, 10))
+				goto out_kfree_skb;
 		} else {
 			if (skb_needs_linearize(skb, dev) &&
 			    __skb_linearize(skb))
 				goto out_kfree_skb;
 
+			if (skb_csum_start_bug(skb, 20))
+				goto out_kfree_skb;
 			/* If packet is not checksummed and device does not
 			 * support checksumming for this protocol, complete
 			 * checksumming here.
@@ -1974,10 +1995,16 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 				if (!dev_can_checksum(dev, skb) &&
 				     skb_checksum_help(skb))
 					goto out_kfree_skb;
+				if (skb_csum_start_bug(skb, 30))
+					goto out_kfree_skb;
 			}
 		}
 
-		rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+		if (skb_csum_start_bug(skb, 40)) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			rc = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		} else
+			rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
 		if (rc == NETDEV_TX_OK)
 			txq_trans_update(txq);
 		return rc;
@@ -1997,7 +2024,12 @@ gso:
 		if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE)
 			skb_dst_drop(nskb);
 
-		rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(nskb, dev);
+		if (skb_csum_start_bug(skb, 50)) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			rc = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		} else
+			rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(nskb, dev);
+
 		if (unlikely(rc != NETDEV_TX_OK)) {
 			if (rc & ~NETDEV_TX_MASK)
 				goto out_kfree_gso_skb;