diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-phy-attest.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-phy-attest.c
index 20a0e1581302..350ba26e5962 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-phy-attest.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-phy-attest.c
@@ -230,10 +230,17 @@ static long papr_phy_attest_create_handle(struct papr_phy_attest_io_block __user
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&params->cmd, ulc,
-			sizeof(struct papr_phy_attest_io_block)))
+			sizeof(struct papr_phy_attest_io_block))) {
+		kfree(params);
 		return -EFAULT;
+	}
 
 	params->cmd_len = be32_to_cpu(params->cmd.length);
+	if (params->cmd_len == 0 || params->cmd_len > sizeof(params->cmd)) {
+		kfree(params);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	seq = (struct papr_rtas_sequence) {
 		.begin = phy_attest_sequence_begin,
 		.end = phy_attest_sequence_end,
@@ -246,6 +253,9 @@ static long papr_phy_attest_create_handle(struct papr_phy_attest_io_block __user
 			&papr_phy_attest_handle_ops,
 			"[papr-physical-attestation]");
 
+	if (fd < 0)
+		kfree(params);
+
 	return fd;
 }