diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp/0001-pppd-Fix-bounds-check-in-EAP-code.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp/0001-pppd-Fix-bounds-check-in-EAP-code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7ba7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp/0001-pppd-Fix-bounds-check-in-EAP-code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
+Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 15:53:28 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] pppd: Fix bounds check in EAP code
+
+Given that we have just checked vallen < len, it can never be the case
+that vallen >= len + sizeof(rhostname).  This fixes the check so we
+actually avoid overflowing the rhostname array.
+
+Reported-by: Ilja Van Sprundel <ivansprundel@ioactive.com>
+Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+[https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426]
+
+CVE: CVE-2020-8597
+
+Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao <yi.zhao@windriver.com>
+---
+ pppd/eap.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/pppd/eap.c b/pppd/eap.c
+index 94407f5..1b93db0 100644
+--- a/pppd/eap.c
++++ b/pppd/eap.c
+@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ int len;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		/* Not so likely to happen. */
+-		if (vallen >= len + sizeof (rhostname)) {
++		if (len - vallen >= sizeof (rhostname)) {
+ 			dbglog("EAP: trimming really long peer name down");
+ 			BCOPY(inp + vallen, rhostname, sizeof (rhostname) - 1);
+ 			rhostname[sizeof (rhostname) - 1] = '\0';
+@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ int len;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		/* Not so likely to happen. */
+-		if (vallen >= len + sizeof (rhostname)) {
++		if (len - vallen >= sizeof (rhostname)) {
+ 			dbglog("EAP: trimming really long peer name down");
+ 			BCOPY(inp + vallen, rhostname, sizeof (rhostname) - 1);
+ 			rhostname[sizeof (rhostname) - 1] = '\0';
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp_2.4.7.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp_2.4.7.bb
index 644cde4..60c56dd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp_2.4.7.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp_2.4.7.bb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
            file://0001-pppoe-include-netinet-in.h-before-linux-in.h.patch \
            file://0001-ppp-Remove-unneeded-include.patch \
            file://ppp-2.4.7-DES-openssl.patch \
+           file://0001-pppd-Fix-bounds-check-in-EAP-code.patch \
 "
 
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