diff --git a/debian/patches/302-CVE-2016-6252-fix-integer-overflow.patch b/debian/patches/302-CVE-2016-6252-fix-integer-overflow.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f2195b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/302-CVE-2016-6252-fix-integer-overflow.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 1d5a926cc2d6078d23a96222b1ef3e558724dad1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sebastian Krahmer <krahmer@suse.com>
+Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 11:51:07 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Simplify getulong
+
+Use strtoul to read an unsigned long, rather than reading
+a signed long long and casting it.
+
+https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282
+---
+ lib/getulong.c | 9 +++------
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/getulong.c b/lib/getulong.c
+index 61579ca..08d2c1a 100644
+--- a/lib/getulong.c
++++ b/lib/getulong.c
+@@ -44,22 +44,19 @@
+  */
+ int getulong (const char *numstr, /*@out@*/unsigned long int *result)
+ {
+-	long long int val;
++	unsigned long int val;
+ 	char *endptr;
+ 
+ 	errno = 0;
+-	val = strtoll (numstr, &endptr, 0);
++	val = strtoul (numstr, &endptr, 0);
+ 	if (    ('\0' == *numstr)
+ 	     || ('\0' != *endptr)
+ 	     || (ERANGE == errno)
+-	     /*@+ignoresigns@*/
+-	     || (val != (unsigned long int)val)
+-	     /*@=ignoresigns@*/
+ 	   ) {
+ 		return 0;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	*result = (unsigned long int)val;
++	*result = val;
+ 	return 1;
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.1.4
+
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index ceb25e02..56790820 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 503_shadowconfig.8
 008_login_log_failure_in_FTMP
 301-CVE-2017-2616-su-properly-clear-child-PID.patch
+302-CVE-2016-6252-fix-integer-overflow.patch
 429_login_FAILLOG_ENAB
 401_cppw_src.dpatch
 # 402 should be merged in 401, but should be reviewed by SE Linux experts first