diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.c b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
index c5bb52b2af..3aeb254fd4 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ static int partition_is_luks2_integrity(int part_fd, uint64_t offset, uint64_t s
         if (be64toh(header.hdr_len) <= LUKS2_FIXED_HDR_SIZE || offset > UINT64_MAX - be64toh(header.hdr_len))
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid LUKS header length: %" PRIu64 ".", be64toh(header.hdr_len));
 
+        if (be64toh(header.hdr_len) - LUKS2_FIXED_HDR_SIZE > (uint64_t) SSIZE_MAX)
+                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "LUKS header JSON area too large: %" PRIu64 ".", be64toh(header.hdr_len));
+
         json_len = be64toh(header.hdr_len) - LUKS2_FIXED_HDR_SIZE;
         json = malloc(json_len + 1);
         if (!json)