1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/preproc.c b/src/firejail/preproc.c
index 9fb4840c6..f519ed85f 100644
--- a/src/firejail/preproc.c
+++ b/src/firejail/preproc.c
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ void preproc_clean_run(void) {
         if (fp) {
                 int val;
                 if (fscanf(fp, "%d", &val) == 1) {
+                        if (val > 4194304)      // this is the max value supported on 64 bit Linux kernels
+                                val = 4194304;
                         if (val >= max_pids)
                                 max_pids = val + 1;
                 }