diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c
index 966f2cf83a51..66daa5a37e4a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1transport.c
@@ -375,12 +375,31 @@ coalesce_t2(char *second_buf, struct smb_hdr *target_hdr, unsigned int *pdu_len)
 	data_area_of_tgt = (char *)&pSMBt->hdr.Protocol +
 				get_unaligned_le16(&pSMBt->t2_rsp.DataOffset);
 
-	/* validate target area */
 	data_area_of_src = (char *)&pSMBs->hdr.Protocol +
 				get_unaligned_le16(&pSMBs->t2_rsp.DataOffset);
 
 	data_area_of_tgt += total_in_tgt;
 
+	/*
+	 * DataOffset fields are server-supplied and not validated against
+	 * buffer bounds; check both data pointers before mutating the
+	 * target header.
+	 */
+	if (data_area_of_tgt < (char *)target_hdr +
+				sizeof(struct smb_t2_rsp) + sizeof(__le16) ||
+	    data_area_of_tgt + total_in_src >
+	    (char *)target_hdr + CIFSMaxBufSize + MAX_CIFS_HDR_SIZE) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: target data area out of bounds\n", __func__);
+		return -EPROTO;
+	}
+	if (data_area_of_src < second_buf +
+				sizeof(struct smb_t2_rsp) + sizeof(__le16) ||
+	    data_area_of_src + total_in_src >
+	    second_buf + smbCalcSize((struct smb_hdr *)second_buf)) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: secondary data area out of bounds\n", __func__);
+		return -EPROTO;
+	}
+
 	total_in_tgt += total_in_src;
 	/* is the result too big for the field? */
 	if (total_in_tgt > USHRT_MAX) {