diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index be06b26d6ca0..7adecfd0c1e9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ build_preauth_ctxt(struct smb2_preauth_neg_context *pneg_ctxt)
 	pneg_ctxt->ContextType = SMB2_PREAUTH_INTEGRITY_CAPABILITIES;
 	pneg_ctxt->DataLength = cpu_to_le16(38);
 	pneg_ctxt->HashAlgorithmCount = cpu_to_le16(1);
-	pneg_ctxt->SaltLength = cpu_to_le16(SMB311_SALT_SIZE);
-	get_random_bytes(pneg_ctxt->Salt, SMB311_SALT_SIZE);
+	pneg_ctxt->SaltLength = cpu_to_le16(SMB311_LINUX_CLIENT_SALT_SIZE);
+	get_random_bytes(pneg_ctxt->Salt, SMB311_LINUX_CLIENT_SALT_SIZE);
 	pneg_ctxt->HashAlgorithms = SMB2_PREAUTH_INTEGRITY_SHA512;
 }
 
@@ -617,6 +617,9 @@ static void decode_preauth_context(struct smb2_preauth_neg_context *ctxt)
 	if (len < MIN_PREAUTH_CTXT_DATA_LEN) {
 		printk_once(KERN_WARNING "server sent bad preauth context\n");
 		return;
+	} else if (len < MIN_PREAUTH_CTXT_DATA_LEN + le16_to_cpu(ctxt->SaltLength)) {
+		pr_warn_once("server sent invalid SaltLength\n");
+		return;
 	}
 	if (le16_to_cpu(ctxt->HashAlgorithmCount) != 1)
 		printk_once(KERN_WARNING "illegal SMB3 hash algorithm count\n");
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index f264e1d36fe1..2482978f0948 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -271,12 +271,20 @@ struct smb2_neg_context {
 	/* Followed by array of data */
 } __packed;
 
-#define SMB311_SALT_SIZE			32
+#define SMB311_LINUX_CLIENT_SALT_SIZE			32
 /* Hash Algorithm Types */
 #define SMB2_PREAUTH_INTEGRITY_SHA512	cpu_to_le16(0x0001)
 #define SMB2_PREAUTH_HASH_SIZE 64
 
-#define MIN_PREAUTH_CTXT_DATA_LEN	(SMB311_SALT_SIZE + 6)
+/*
+ * SaltLength that the server send can be zero, so the only three required
+ * fields (all __le16) end up six bytes total, so the minimum context data len
+ * in the response is six bytes which accounts for
+ *
+ *      HashAlgorithmCount, SaltLength, and 1 HashAlgorithm.
+ */
+#define MIN_PREAUTH_CTXT_DATA_LEN 6
+
 struct smb2_preauth_neg_context {
 	__le16	ContextType; /* 1 */
 	__le16	DataLength;
@@ -284,7 +292,7 @@ struct smb2_preauth_neg_context {
 	__le16	HashAlgorithmCount; /* 1 */
 	__le16	SaltLength;
 	__le16	HashAlgorithms; /* HashAlgorithms[0] since only one defined */
-	__u8	Salt[SMB311_SALT_SIZE];
+	__u8	Salt[SMB311_LINUX_CLIENT_SALT_SIZE];
 } __packed;
 
 /* Encryption Algorithms Ciphers */