diff --git a/hw/core/eif.c b/hw/core/eif.c
index 7f3b2edc9a..61329aacfe 100644
--- a/hw/core/eif.c
+++ b/hw/core/eif.c
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ bool read_eif_file(const char *eif_path, const char *machine_initrd,
         EifSectionHeader hdr;
         uint16_t section_type;
 
+        if (eif_header.section_offsets[i] > OFF_MAX) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid EIF image. Section offset out of bounds");
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
         if (fseek(f, eif_header.section_offsets[i], SEEK_SET) != 0) {
             error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to offset to %" PRIu64 " in EIF file",
                              eif_header.section_offsets[i]);
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index fe7c3c5f67..fdff07fd99 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ void QEMU_ERROR("code path is reachable")
 #error building with G_DISABLE_ASSERT is not supported
 #endif
 
+#ifndef OFF_MAX
+#define OFF_MAX (sizeof (off_t) == 8 ? INT64_MAX : INT32_MAX)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef O_LARGEFILE
 #define O_LARGEFILE 0
 #endif