diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 0ac6376ef7a1..eb0f43784c2b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static inline ssize_t cpumap_read(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
 	return n;
 }
 
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(cpumap, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(cpumap, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 
 static inline ssize_t cpulist_read(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
 				   struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline ssize_t cpulist_read(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
 	return n;
 }
 
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(cpulist, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(cpulist, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 
 /**
  * struct node_access_nodes - Access class device to hold user visible
diff --git a/drivers/base/topology.c b/drivers/base/topology.c
index ac6ad9ab67f9..89f98be5c5b9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/topology.c
+++ b/drivers/base/topology.c
@@ -62,47 +62,47 @@ define_id_show_func(ppin, "0x%llx");
 static DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RO(ppin);
 
 define_siblings_read_func(thread_siblings, sibling_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(thread_siblings, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(thread_siblings_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(thread_siblings, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(thread_siblings_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 
 define_siblings_read_func(core_cpus, sibling_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_cpus, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_cpus_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_cpus, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_cpus_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 
 define_siblings_read_func(core_siblings, core_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_siblings, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_siblings_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_siblings, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(core_siblings_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 
 #ifdef TOPOLOGY_CLUSTER_SYSFS
 define_siblings_read_func(cluster_cpus, cluster_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(cluster_cpus, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(cluster_cpus_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(cluster_cpus, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(cluster_cpus_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TOPOLOGY_DIE_SYSFS
 define_siblings_read_func(die_cpus, die_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(die_cpus, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(die_cpus_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(die_cpus, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(die_cpus_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 #endif
 
 define_siblings_read_func(package_cpus, core_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(package_cpus, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(package_cpus_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(package_cpus, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(package_cpus_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 
 #ifdef TOPOLOGY_BOOK_SYSFS
 define_id_show_func(book_id, "%d");
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(book_id);
 define_siblings_read_func(book_siblings, book_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(book_siblings, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(book_siblings_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(book_siblings, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(book_siblings_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TOPOLOGY_DRAWER_SYSFS
 define_id_show_func(drawer_id, "%d");
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(drawer_id);
 define_siblings_read_func(drawer_siblings, drawer_cpumask);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(drawer_siblings, 0);
-static BIN_ATTR_RO(drawer_siblings_list, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(drawer_siblings, CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
+static BIN_ATTR_RO(drawer_siblings_list, CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES);
 #endif
 
 static struct bin_attribute *bin_attrs[] = {
diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index fe29ac7cc469..4592d0845941 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -1071,4 +1071,22 @@ cpumap_print_list_to_buf(char *buf, const struct cpumask *mask,
 	[0] =  1UL							\
 } }
 
+/*
+ * Provide a valid theoretical max size for cpumap and cpulist sysfs files
+ * to avoid breaking userspace which may allocate a buffer based on the size
+ * reported by e.g. fstat.
+ *
+ * for cpumap NR_CPUS * 9/32 - 1 should be an exact length.
+ *
+ * For cpulist 7 is (ceil(log10(NR_CPUS)) + 1) allowing for NR_CPUS to be up
+ * to 2 orders of magnitude larger than 8192. And then we divide by 2 to
+ * cover a worst-case of every other cpu being on one of two nodes for a
+ * very large NR_CPUS.
+ *
+ *  Use PAGE_SIZE as a minimum for smaller configurations.
+ */
+#define CPUMAP_FILE_MAX_BYTES  ((((NR_CPUS * 9)/32 - 1) > PAGE_SIZE) \
+					? (NR_CPUS * 9)/32 - 1 : PAGE_SIZE)
+#define CPULIST_FILE_MAX_BYTES  (((NR_CPUS * 7)/2 > PAGE_SIZE) ? (NR_CPUS * 7)/2 : PAGE_SIZE)
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_CPUMASK_H */