From f2b935f48f9412a1e3bebe8d37a757311655a85e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Bennett <jbennett@incomsystems.biz>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:52:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Stop the bleeding with malicious NodeDB overwrites (#7596)

---
 src/modules/NodeInfoModule.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/NodeInfoModule.cpp b/src/modules/NodeInfoModule.cpp
index b6fee7703..10ab67730 100644
--- a/src/modules/NodeInfoModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/NodeInfoModule.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ bool NodeInfoModule::handleReceivedProtobuf(const meshtastic_MeshPacket &mp, mes
 {
     auto p = *pptr;
 
+    if (mp.from == nodeDB->getNodeNum()) {
+        return false;
+    }
     if (p.is_licensed != owner.is_licensed) {
         LOG_WARN("Invalid nodeInfo detected, is_licensed mismatch!");
         return true;