diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index e40b79076358..3cf131508ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ struct rvu_pfvf *rvu_get_pfvf(struct rvu *rvu, int pcifunc)
 		return &rvu->pf[rvu_get_pf(rvu->pdev, pcifunc)];
 }
 
-static bool is_pf_func_valid(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc)
+bool is_pf_func_valid(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc)
 {
 	int pf, vf, nvfs;
 	u64 cfg;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
index a466181cf908..de3fbd3d15d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ u16 rvu_get_rsrc_mapcount(struct rvu_pfvf *pfvf, int blkaddr);
 struct rvu_pfvf *rvu_get_pfvf(struct rvu *rvu, int pcifunc);
 void rvu_get_pf_numvfs(struct rvu *rvu, int pf, int *numvfs, int *hwvf);
 bool is_block_implemented(struct rvu_hwinfo *hw, int blkaddr);
+bool is_pf_func_valid(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc);
 bool is_pffunc_map_valid(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, int blktype);
 int rvu_get_lf(struct rvu *rvu, struct rvu_block *block, u16 pcifunc, u16 slot);
 int rvu_lf_reset(struct rvu *rvu, struct rvu_block *block, int lf);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_rep.c
index 901f6fd40fd4..a2781e0f504e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_rep.c
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_rep_event_notify(struct rvu *rvu, struct rep_event *req,
 {
 	struct rep_evtq_ent *qentry;
 
+	/* The mailbox dispatcher normalises only the header pcifunc; the
+	 * nested struct rep_event::pcifunc body field is sender-controlled
+	 * and is later used by rvu_rep_up_notify() to index rvu->pf[] /
+	 * rvu->hwvf[].  Reject out-of-range body selectors before queueing.
+	 */
+	if (!is_pf_func_valid(rvu, req->pcifunc))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	qentry = kmalloc_obj(*qentry, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!qentry)
 		return -ENOMEM;