diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index dcb09702cde2..ff0b63a71f78 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry(
 	 */
 	if (ent->flags & XFS_ATTR_LOCAL) {
 		lentry = xfs_attr3_leaf_name_local(leaf, idx);
+
+		/* Validate lentry pointer is within bounds before field access */
+		if ((char *)lentry >= buf_end)
+			return __this_address;
+		if ((char *)lentry + offsetof(struct xfs_attr_leaf_name_local, nameval) > buf_end)
+			return __this_address;
+
 		namesize = xfs_attr_leaf_entsize_local(lentry->namelen,
 				be16_to_cpu(lentry->valuelen));
 		name_end = (char *)lentry + namesize;
@@ -274,6 +281,13 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry(
 			return __this_address;
 	} else {
 		rentry = xfs_attr3_leaf_name_remote(leaf, idx);
+
+		/* Validate rentry pointer is within bounds before field access */
+		if ((char *)rentry >= buf_end)
+			return __this_address;
+		if ((char *)rentry + offsetof(struct xfs_attr_leaf_name_remote, name) > buf_end)
+			return __this_address;
+
 		namesize = xfs_attr_leaf_entsize_remote(rentry->namelen);
 		name_end = (char *)rentry + namesize;
 		if (rentry->namelen == 0)