diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 261c35be0147..ccd6d1389b0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ struct netfront_queue {
 
 	struct page_pool *page_pool;
 	struct xdp_rxq_info xdp_rxq;
+
+	bool tx_pending[NET_TX_RING_SIZE];
 };
 
 struct netfront_info {
@@ -173,6 +175,9 @@ struct netfront_info {
 	bool netback_has_xdp_headroom;
 	bool netfront_xdp_enabled;
 
+	/* Is device behaving sane? */
+	bool broken;
+
 	atomic_t rx_gso_checksum_fixup;
 };
 
@@ -363,7 +368,7 @@ static int xennet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	unsigned int i = 0;
 	struct netfront_queue *queue = NULL;
 
-	if (!np->queues)
+	if (!np->queues || np->broken)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_queues; ++i) {
@@ -391,11 +396,17 @@ static void xennet_tx_buf_gc(struct netfront_queue *queue)
 	unsigned short id;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	bool more_to_do;
+	const struct device *dev = &queue->info->netdev->dev;
 
 	BUG_ON(!netif_carrier_ok(queue->info->netdev));
 
 	do {
 		prod = queue->tx.sring->rsp_prod;
+		if (RING_RESPONSE_PROD_OVERFLOW(&queue->tx, prod)) {
+			dev_alert(dev, "Illegal number of responses %u\n",
+				  prod - queue->tx.rsp_cons);
+			goto err;
+		}
 		rmb(); /* Ensure we see responses up to 'rp'. */
 
 		for (cons = queue->tx.rsp_cons; cons != prod; cons++) {
@@ -406,12 +417,25 @@ static void xennet_tx_buf_gc(struct netfront_queue *queue)
 				continue;
 
 			id  = txrsp.id;
+			if (id >= RING_SIZE(&queue->tx)) {
+				dev_alert(dev,
+					  "Response has incorrect id (%u)\n",
+					  id);
+				goto err;
+			}
+			if (!queue->tx_pending[id]) {
+				dev_alert(dev,
+					  "Response for inactive request\n");
+				goto err;
+			}
+
+			queue->tx_pending[id] = false;
 			skb = queue->tx_skbs[id].skb;
 			if (unlikely(gnttab_query_foreign_access(
 				queue->grant_tx_ref[id]) != 0)) {
-				pr_alert("%s: warning -- grant still in use by backend domain\n",
-					 __func__);
-				BUG();
+				dev_alert(dev,
+					  "Grant still in use by backend domain\n");
+				goto err;
 			}
 			gnttab_end_foreign_access_ref(
 				queue->grant_tx_ref[id], GNTMAP_readonly);
@@ -429,6 +453,12 @@ static void xennet_tx_buf_gc(struct netfront_queue *queue)
 	} while (more_to_do);
 
 	xennet_maybe_wake_tx(queue);
+
+	return;
+
+ err:
+	queue->info->broken = true;
+	dev_alert(dev, "Disabled for further use\n");
 }
 
 struct xennet_gnttab_make_txreq {
@@ -472,6 +502,13 @@ static void xennet_tx_setup_grant(unsigned long gfn, unsigned int offset,
 
 	*tx = info->tx_local;
 
+	/*
+	 * The request is not in its final form, as size and flags might be
+	 * modified later, but even if a malicious backend will send a response
+	 * now, nothing bad regarding security could happen.
+	 */
+	queue->tx_pending[id] = true;
+
 	info->tx = tx;
 	info->size += info->tx_local.size;
 }
@@ -605,6 +642,8 @@ static int xennet_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int n,
 	int nxmit = 0;
 	int i;
 
+	if (unlikely(np->broken))
+		return -ENODEV;
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~XDP_XMIT_FLAGS_MASK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -649,6 +688,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
 	/* Drop the packet if no queues are set up */
 	if (num_queues < 1)
 		goto drop;
+	if (unlikely(np->broken))
+		goto drop;
 	/* Determine which queue to transmit this SKB on */
 	queue_index = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
 	queue = &np->queues[queue_index];
@@ -1153,6 +1194,13 @@ static int xennet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	skb_queue_head_init(&tmpq);
 
 	rp = queue->rx.sring->rsp_prod;
+	if (RING_RESPONSE_PROD_OVERFLOW(&queue->rx, rp)) {
+		dev_alert(&dev->dev, "Illegal number of responses %u\n",
+			  rp - queue->rx.rsp_cons);
+		queue->info->broken = true;
+		spin_unlock(&queue->rx_lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	rmb(); /* Ensure we see queued responses up to 'rp'. */
 
 	i = queue->rx.rsp_cons;
@@ -1373,6 +1421,9 @@ static irqreturn_t xennet_tx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct netfront_queue *queue = dev_id;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (queue->info->broken)
+		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->tx_lock, flags);
 	xennet_tx_buf_gc(queue);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->tx_lock, flags);
@@ -1385,6 +1436,9 @@ static irqreturn_t xennet_rx_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct netfront_queue *queue = dev_id;
 	struct net_device *dev = queue->info->netdev;
 
+	if (queue->info->broken)
+		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+
 	if (likely(netif_carrier_ok(dev) &&
 		   RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_RESPONSES(&queue->rx)))
 		napi_schedule(&queue->napi);
@@ -1406,6 +1460,10 @@ static void xennet_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct netfront_info *info = netdev_priv(dev);
 	unsigned int num_queues = dev->real_num_tx_queues;
 	unsigned int i;
+
+	if (info->broken)
+		return;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_queues; ++i)
 		xennet_interrupt(0, &info->queues[i]);
 }
@@ -1477,6 +1535,11 @@ static int xennet_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 
 static int xennet_xdp(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *xdp)
 {
+	struct netfront_info *np = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	if (np->broken)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	switch (xdp->command) {
 	case XDP_SETUP_PROG:
 		return xennet_xdp_set(dev, xdp->prog, xdp->extack);
