diff --git a/net/can/bcm.c b/net/can/bcm.c
index 0af8f0db892a..79bb8afa9c0c 100644
--- a/net/can/bcm.c
+++ b/net/can/bcm.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
  */
 #define MAX_NFRAMES 256
 
+/* limit timers to 400 days for sending/timeouts */
+#define BCM_TIMER_SEC_MAX (400 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+
 /* use of last_frames[index].flags */
 #define RX_RECV    0x40 /* received data for this element */
 #define RX_THR     0x80 /* element not been sent due to throttle feature */
@@ -140,6 +143,22 @@ static inline ktime_t bcm_timeval_to_ktime(struct bcm_timeval tv)
 	return ktime_set(tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC);
 }
 
+/* check limitations for timeval provided by user */
+static bool bcm_is_invalid_tv(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head)
+{
+	if ((msg_head->ival1.tv_sec < 0) ||
+	    (msg_head->ival1.tv_sec > BCM_TIMER_SEC_MAX) ||
+	    (msg_head->ival1.tv_usec < 0) ||
+	    (msg_head->ival1.tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC) ||
+	    (msg_head->ival2.tv_sec < 0) ||
+	    (msg_head->ival2.tv_sec > BCM_TIMER_SEC_MAX) ||
+	    (msg_head->ival2.tv_usec < 0) ||
+	    (msg_head->ival2.tv_usec >= USEC_PER_SEC))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 #define CFSIZ(flags) ((flags & CAN_FD_FRAME) ? CANFD_MTU : CAN_MTU)
 #define OPSIZ sizeof(struct bcm_op)
 #define MHSIZ sizeof(struct bcm_msg_head)
@@ -873,6 +892,10 @@ static int bcm_tx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
 	if (msg_head->nframes < 1 || msg_head->nframes > MAX_NFRAMES)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* check timeval limitations */
+	if ((msg_head->flags & SETTIMER) && bcm_is_invalid_tv(msg_head))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* check the given can_id */
 	op = bcm_find_op(&bo->tx_ops, msg_head, ifindex);
 	if (op) {
@@ -1053,6 +1076,10 @@ static int bcm_rx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
 	     (!(msg_head->can_id & CAN_RTR_FLAG))))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* check timeval limitations */
+	if ((msg_head->flags & SETTIMER) && bcm_is_invalid_tv(msg_head))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* check the given can_id */
 	op = bcm_find_op(&bo->rx_ops, msg_head, ifindex);
 	if (op) {