diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index cb6d37798d74..e4f603b2ace7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -422,6 +422,19 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_map_data(struct nvmet_tcp_cmd *cmd)
 	if (!len)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * inline_data_size only bounds the in-capsule (type 0x01) SGL
+	 * descriptor below. A non-inline transport SGL data-block
+	 * descriptor skips that check entirely and would otherwise reach
+	 * sgl_alloc() with an attacker-controlled len of up to 4 GiB,
+	 * pinning that much kernel memory for a command that may never
+	 * complete. Bound every descriptor type here, before allocating
+	 * anything, using the same ceiling this file already applies to
+	 * per-PDU H2C data.
+	 */
+	if (len > NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA)
+		return NVME_SC_SGL_INVALID_DATA | NVME_STATUS_DNR;
+
 	if (sgl->type == ((NVME_SGL_FMT_DATA_DESC << 4) |
 			  NVME_SGL_FMT_OFFSET)) {
 		if (!nvme_is_write(cmd->req.cmd))