diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c
index 11e25c2f6b0a..a472a38ef613 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ static ssize_t buffer_to_user(unsigned int minor, char __user *buf,
 {
 	void *image_ptr;
 
+	/*
+	 * The slave window (image_size) can exceed the fixed kern_buf
+	 * (size_buf == PCI_BUF_SIZE), so bound the copy to kern_buf.
+	 * *ppos is >= 0 here (checked by the caller), so the
+	 * subtraction below cannot wrap.
+	 */
+	if (*ppos >= image[minor].size_buf)
+		return 0;
+	if (count > image[minor].size_buf - *ppos)
+		count = image[minor].size_buf - *ppos;
+
 	image_ptr = image[minor].kern_buf + *ppos;
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, image_ptr, (unsigned long)count))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -168,6 +179,17 @@ static ssize_t buffer_from_user(unsigned int minor, const char __user *buf,
 {
 	void *image_ptr;
 
+	/*
+	 * The slave window (image_size) can exceed the fixed kern_buf
+	 * (size_buf == PCI_BUF_SIZE), so bound the copy to kern_buf.
+	 * *ppos is >= 0 here (checked by the caller), so the
+	 * subtraction below cannot wrap.
+	 */
+	if (*ppos >= image[minor].size_buf)
+		return 0;
+	if (count > image[minor].size_buf - *ppos)
+		count = image[minor].size_buf - *ppos;
+
 	image_ptr = image[minor].kern_buf + *ppos;
 	if (copy_from_user(image_ptr, buf, (unsigned long)count))
 		return -EFAULT;