1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 1390a03e..f3c83ee0 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ check_icmp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                                 enforced_ai_family = AF_INET6;
                                 break;
                         case 'H': {
+                                if (result.config.number_of_hosts == USHRT_MAX) {
+                                        usage_va("Number of specified hosts exceeds %u", USHRT_MAX);
+                                }
                                 result.config.number_of_hosts++;
                                 break;
                         }
@@ -378,6 +381,9 @@ check_icmp_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         char **tmp = &argv[optind];
         while (*tmp) {
+                if (result.config.number_of_hosts == USHRT_MAX) {
+                        usage_va("Number of specified hosts exceeds %u", USHRT_MAX);
+                }
                 result.config.number_of_hosts++;
                 tmp++;
         }