diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/mem.rs b/virtio-devices/src/mem.rs
index 0cf477a31..244cc8c85 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/mem.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/mem.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use virtio_queue::{DescriptorChain, Queue, QueueT};
 use vm_device::dma_mapping::ExternalDmaMapping;
 use vm_memory::{
-    Address, ByteValued, Bytes, GuestAddress, GuestAddressSpace, GuestMemoryAtomic,
+    Address, ByteValued, Bytes, GuestAddress, GuestAddressSpace, GuestMemory, GuestMemoryAtomic,
     GuestMemoryError, GuestMemoryLoadGuard, GuestMemoryRegion,
 };
 use vm_migration::protocol::MemoryRangeTable;
@@ -284,6 +284,14 @@ impl Request {
         if (desc.len() as usize) < size_of::<VirtioMemReq>() {
             return Err(Error::InvalidRequest);
         }
+        if !desc_chain
+            .memory()
+            .check_range(desc.addr(), desc.len() as usize)
+        {
+            return Err(Error::GuestMemory(GuestMemoryError::InvalidGuestAddress(
+                desc.addr(),
+            )));
+        }
         let req: VirtioMemReq = desc_chain
             .memory()
             .read_obj(desc.addr())
@@ -300,6 +308,15 @@ impl Request {
             return Err(Error::BufferLengthTooSmall);
         }
 
+        if !desc_chain
+            .memory()
+            .check_range(status_desc.addr(), status_desc.len() as usize)
+        {
+            return Err(Error::GuestMemory(GuestMemoryError::InvalidGuestAddress(
+                status_desc.addr(),
+            )));
+        }
+
         Ok(Request {
             req,
             status_addr: status_desc.addr(),