diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/control/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/socket/control/BUILD
index b2fc84181..9753e733a 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/control/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/control/BUILD
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/binary",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/sentry/socket",
         "@com_github_google_go_cmp//cmp:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control.go
index 4b036b323..c40141a1d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control.go
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func Parse(t *kernel.Task, socketOrEndpoint interface{}, buf []byte, width uint)
 		}
 
 		length := int(h.Length) - linux.SizeOfControlMessageHeader
-		if length > len(buf) {
+		if length < 0 || length > len(buf) {
 			return socket.ControlMessages{}, linuxerr.EINVAL
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control_test.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control_test.go
index 1b04e1bbc..65c393f58 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/control/control_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/binary"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket"
 )
@@ -57,3 +58,23 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected message parsed, (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseRightsNegativeLength(t *testing.T) {
+	// Craft the control message to parse.
+	length := uint64(linux.SizeOfControlMessageHeader) + 128
+	hdr := linux.ControlMessageHeader{
+		Length: uint64(0xffffffff8f000000),
+		Level:  linux.SOL_SOCKET,
+		Type:   linux.SCM_RIGHTS,
+	}
+	hdrBuf := make([]byte, 0, length)
+	hdrBuf = binary.Marshal(hdrBuf, hostarch.ByteOrder, &hdr)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, length)
+	copy(buf, hdrBuf)
+	cmsg, err := Parse(nil, nil, buf, 8 /* width */)
+	if err != linuxerr.EINVAL {
+		t.Fatalf("Parse(_, _, %+v, _): %v", cmsg, err)
+	}
+
+}