diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD b/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD
index 187aec597..6278dbcc9 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ go_library(
     srcs = [
         "arp.go",
         "checksum.go",
+        "datagram.go",
         "eth.go",
         "gue.go",
         "icmpv4.go",
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/datagram.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/datagram.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7569091c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/datagram.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package header
+
+// DatagramMaximumSize is the maximum supported size of a single datagram.
+const DatagramMaximumSize = 0xffff // 65KB.
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/icmp/endpoint.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/icmp/endpoint.go
index 8a4825cc3..b0de7d628 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/icmp/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/icmp/endpoint.go
@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ func (e *endpoint) write(p tcpip.Payloader, opts tcpip.WriteOptions) (int64, tcp
 	}
 	defer ctx.Release()
 
+	// Prevents giant buffer allocations.
+	if p.Len() > header.DatagramMaximumSize {
+		return 0, &tcpip.ErrMessageTooLong{}
+	}
+
 	v := bufferv2.NewView(p.Len())
 	defer v.Release()
 	if _, err := io.CopyN(v, p, int64(p.Len())); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/packet/endpoint.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/packet/endpoint.go
index f82e36517..3000d44b8 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/packet/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/packet/endpoint.go
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ func (ep *endpoint) Write(p tcpip.Payloader, opts tcpip.WriteOptions) (int64, tc
 		return 0, &tcpip.ErrInvalidOptionValue{}
 	}
 
+	// Prevents giant buffer allocations.
+	if p.Len() > header.DatagramMaximumSize {
+		return 0, &tcpip.ErrMessageTooLong{}
+	}
+
 	var payload bufferv2.Buffer
 	if _, err := payload.WriteFromReader(p, int64(p.Len())); err != nil {
 		return 0, &tcpip.ErrBadBuffer{}
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/raw/endpoint.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/raw/endpoint.go
index b4dac52b5..1192d7b1b 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/raw/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/raw/endpoint.go
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ func (e *endpoint) write(p tcpip.Payloader, opts tcpip.WriteOptions) (int64, tcp
 		return 0, &tcpip.ErrMessageTooLong{}
 	}
 
+	// Prevents giant buffer allocations.
+	if p.Len() > header.DatagramMaximumSize {
+		return 0, &tcpip.ErrMessageTooLong{}
+	}
+
 	var payload bufferv2.Buffer
 	defer payload.Release()
 	if _, err := payload.WriteFromReader(p, int64(p.Len())); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/syscalls/linux/ping_socket.cc b/test/syscalls/linux/ping_socket.cc
index 2648ce074..bb8e3281b 100644
--- a/test/syscalls/linux/ping_socket.cc
+++ b/test/syscalls/linux/ping_socket.cc
@@ -81,6 +81,29 @@ TEST(PingSocket, ICMPPortExhaustion) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST(PingSocket, PayloadTooLarge) {
+  PosixErrorOr<FileDescriptor> result =
+      Socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_ICMP);
+  if (!result.ok()) {
+    int errno_value = result.error().errno_value();
+    ASSERT_EQ(errno_value, EACCES) << strerror(errno_value);
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "ping socket not supported";
+  }
+  FileDescriptor& ping = result.ValueOrDie();
+
+  constexpr icmphdr kSendIcmp = {
+      .type = ICMP_ECHO,
+  };
+  constexpr size_t kGiantSize = 1 << 21;  // 2MB.
+  const sockaddr_in kAddr = {
+      .sin_family = AF_INET,
+      .sin_addr = {.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK)},
+  };
+  ASSERT_THAT(sendto(ping.get(), &kSendIcmp, kGiantSize, 0,
+                     reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr*>(&kAddr), sizeof(kAddr)),
+              SyscallFailsWithErrno(EMSGSIZE));
+}
+
 TEST(PingSocket, ReceiveTOS) {
   PosixErrorOr<FileDescriptor> result =
       Socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_ICMP);