diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index 90c9e2872f2721..18e5c3f675804e 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern void unix_inflight(struct file *fp);
 extern void unix_notinflight(struct file *fp);
 extern void unix_gc(void);
 extern void wait_for_unix_gc(void);
+extern struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp);
 
 #define UNIX_HASH_SIZE	256
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ struct unix_sock {
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 	unsigned int		gc_candidate : 1;
 	unsigned int		gc_maybe_cycle : 1;
+	unsigned char		recursion_level;
 	struct socket_wq	peer_wq;
 };
 #define unix_sk(__sk) ((struct unix_sock *)__sk)
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 3c95304a08174f..2268e6798124c9 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1343,9 +1343,25 @@ static void unix_destruct_scm(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	sock_wfree(skb);
 }
 
+#define MAX_RECURSION_LEVEL 4
+
 static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int i;
+	unsigned char max_level = 0;
+	int unix_sock_count = 0;
+
+	for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		struct sock *sk = unix_get_socket(scm->fp->fp[i]);
+
+		if (sk) {
+			unix_sock_count++;
+			max_level = max(max_level,
+					unix_sk(sk)->recursion_level);
+		}
+	}
+	if (unlikely(max_level > MAX_RECURSION_LEVEL))
+		return -ETOOMANYREFS;
 
 	/*
 	 * Need to duplicate file references for the sake of garbage
@@ -1356,9 +1372,11 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!UNIXCB(skb).fp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	for (i = scm->fp->count-1; i >= 0; i--)
-		unix_inflight(scm->fp->fp[i]);
-	return 0;
+	if (unix_sock_count) {
+		for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+			unix_inflight(scm->fp->fp[i]);
+	}
+	return max_level;
 }
 
 static int unix_scm_to_skb(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb, bool send_fds)
@@ -1393,6 +1411,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	long timeo;
 	struct scm_cookie tmp_scm;
+	int max_level;
 
 	if (NULL == siocb->scm)
 		siocb->scm = &tmp_scm;
@@ -1431,8 +1450,9 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto out;
 
 	err = unix_scm_to_skb(siocb->scm, skb, true);
-	if (err)
+	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_free;
+	max_level = err + 1;
 	unix_get_secdata(siocb->scm, skb);
 
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
@@ -1514,6 +1534,8 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sock_flag(other, SOCK_RCVTSTAMP))
 		__net_timestamp(skb);
 	skb_queue_tail(&other->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+	if (max_level > unix_sk(other)->recursion_level)
+		unix_sk(other)->recursion_level = max_level;
 	unix_state_unlock(other);
 	other->sk_data_ready(other, len);
 	sock_put(other);
@@ -1544,6 +1566,7 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int sent = 0;
 	struct scm_cookie tmp_scm;
 	bool fds_sent = false;
+	int max_level;
 
 	if (NULL == siocb->scm)
 		siocb->scm = &tmp_scm;
@@ -1607,10 +1630,11 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 		/* Only send the fds in the first buffer */
 		err = unix_scm_to_skb(siocb->scm, skb, !fds_sent);
-		if (err) {
+		if (err < 0) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			goto out_err;
 		}
+		max_level = err + 1;
 		fds_sent = true;
 
 		err = memcpy_fromiovec(skb_put(skb, size), msg->msg_iov, size);
@@ -1626,6 +1650,8 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 			goto pipe_err_free;
 
 		skb_queue_tail(&other->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+		if (max_level > unix_sk(other)->recursion_level)
+			unix_sk(other)->recursion_level = max_level;
 		unix_state_unlock(other);
 		other->sk_data_ready(other, size);
 		sent += size;
@@ -1845,6 +1871,7 @@ static int unix_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		unix_state_lock(sk);
 		skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 		if (skb == NULL) {
+			unix_sk(sk)->recursion_level = 0;
 			if (copied >= target)
 				goto unlock;
 
diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index 40df93d1cf3553..f89f83bf828ee0 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(unix_gc_wait);
 unsigned int unix_tot_inflight;
 
 
-static struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
+struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct sock *u_sock = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;