diff --git a/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py b/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py
index 07b9e45ec3..7f71c277e7 100644
--- a/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py
+++ b/volatility3/framework/constants/_version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # We use the SemVer 2.0.0 versioning scheme
 VERSION_MAJOR = 2  # Number of releases of the library with a breaking change
-VERSION_MINOR = 26  # Number of changes that only add to the interface
-VERSION_PATCH = 2  # Number of changes that do not change the interface
+VERSION_MINOR = 27  # Number of changes that only add to the interface
+VERSION_PATCH = 0  # Number of changes that do not change the interface
 VERSION_SUFFIX = ""
 
 PACKAGE_VERSION = (
diff --git a/volatility3/framework/symbols/linux/extensions/__init__.py b/volatility3/framework/symbols/linux/extensions/__init__.py
index c980ee6b17..a97cf2a5a4 100644
--- a/volatility3/framework/symbols/linux/extensions/__init__.py
+++ b/volatility3/framework/symbols/linux/extensions/__init__.py
@@ -1094,14 +1094,11 @@ def get_vma_iter(self) -> Iterable[interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface]:
             vm_area_struct objects
         """
         for vma in self._do_get_vma_iter():
-            try:
-                vma.vm_start
-                vma.vm_end
-                vma.get_protection()
-
-                yield vma
-            except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+            if not vma.is_valid():
                 vollog.debug(f"Skipping invalid vm_area_struct at {vma.vol.offset:#x}")
+                continue
+
+            yield vma
 
 
 class super_block(objects.StructType):
@@ -1237,6 +1234,39 @@ def _parse_flags(self, vm_flags, parse_flags) -> str:
                 retval = retval + "-"
         return retval
 
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool:
+        """Validate a VMA struct to prevent processing smeared entries."""
+        try:
+            start = self.vm_start
+            end = self.vm_end
+            self.get_protection()
+        except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+            return False
+
+        layer = self._context.layers[self.vol.layer_name]
+        length = end - start
+        if (
+            (start > end)
+            or (start == 0 and length == 0)
+            or (length % layer.page_size != 0)
+        ):
+            return False
+
+        if self.vm_file != 0:
+            try:
+                inode = self.vm_file.get_inode()
+            except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+                return False
+
+            # Verify that a file-backed VMA's page offset
+            # is not greater than the size of the file's inode.
+            # Check only inode sizes greater than 0 to account for
+            # special devices (e.g. "/dev/dri/card0") and prevent false negatives.
+            if inode.i_size > 0 and self.get_page_offset() > inode.i_size:
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
     # only parse the rwx bits
     def get_protection(self) -> str:
         return self._parse_flags(self.vm_flags & 0b1111, vm_area_struct.perm_flags)