diff --git a/lib/resolv.rb b/lib/resolv.rb
index 36e2d28..717ee64 100644
--- a/lib/resolv.rb
+++ b/lib/resolv.rb
@@ -1845,6 +1845,9 @@ def get_labels
           # size counts the encoded form, so it starts at 1 for the root
           # label's terminating zero octet. [RFC 1035 3.1]
           size = 1
+          # A pointer chain decodes to few or no labels, so the 255-octet cap
+          # never bounds its work; cap the pointers followed per name too.
+          pointers = 0
           while true
             raise DecodeError.new("limit exceeded") if @limit <= @index
             case @data.getbyte(@index)
@@ -1855,6 +1858,8 @@ def get_labels
               end
               return d
             when 192..255
+              pointers += 1
+              raise DecodeError.new("too many compression pointers") if pointers > 128
               idx = self.get_unpack('n')[0] & 0x3fff
               if prev_index <= idx
                 raise DecodeError.new("non-backward name pointer")
diff --git a/test/resolv/test_dns.rb b/test/resolv/test_dns.rb
index 52f54b9..b8ecef2 100644
--- a/test/resolv/test_dns.rb
+++ b/test/resolv/test_dns.rb
@@ -670,6 +670,22 @@ def test_too_long_address
     end
   end
 
+  # A pointer chain hidden in a carrier RR's opaque RDATA, with a second RR's
+  # name pointing at its top, decodes to no labels but follows many pointers.
+  def test_too_many_compression_pointers
+    hops = 130
+    header  = [0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0].pack("n6")
+    carrier = "\x00" + [60000, 1, 0].pack("nnN")
+    chain = +"\x00"; prev = 23
+    hops.times { |j| chain << [0xC000 | prev].pack("n"); prev = 24 + 2 * j }
+    carrier << [chain.bytesize].pack("n") << chain
+    top = 24 + 2 * (hops - 1)
+    victim = [0xC000 | top].pack("n") + [60000, 1, 0, 0].pack("nnNn")
+    assert_raise_with_message(Resolv::DNS::DecodeError, /too many compression pointers/) do
+      Resolv::DNS::Message.decode(header + carrier + victim)
+    end
+  end
+
   # A DNS label is limited to 63 octets. [RFC 1035 2.3.4] Writing a longer label
   # through the label path must raise instead of overflowing the length octet.
   def test_put_label_rejects_label_over_63_octets