diff --git a/src/firmware/mod.rs b/src/firmware/mod.rs
index fbcb4a5..9d1ceee 100644
--- a/src/firmware/mod.rs
+++ b/src/firmware/mod.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ pub const CDB_ALLOC_LEN: usize = 7;
 /// Bytes returned by one [`Verb::DumpAll`] read (fixed 64-byte window).
 pub const MEMREAD_LEN: usize = 64;
 
+/// Minimum data-in allocation length any freemkv vendor command may request.
+///
+/// **Hardware-confirmed (LG BU40N on freemkv firmware):** the drive's `READ
+/// BUFFER` hijack ABORTS (Check Condition, sense key Aborted Command) any vendor
+/// command whose data-in allocation length is under ~16 bytes (0/1/2 all abort;
+/// 16 and 64 both succeed). Every builder floors its allocation at `64` — it
+/// matches [`MEMREAD_LEN`] / the IDENTITY caller and is safely above the minimum.
+/// The verb/feature/state ride in the CDB, so a larger data-in is harmless; a
+/// [`Verb::Get`] still reads its state byte from data offset 0. Mirrors the
+/// firmware ABI `MIN_ALLOC_LEN`.
+pub const MIN_ALLOC_LEN: u16 = 64;
+
 /// Feature state: **passthrough** — firmware does not touch this subsystem
 /// (OEM behaviour). The boot default of every feature and what [`Verb::Reset`]
 /// restores. `0xFF`.
@@ -197,19 +209,24 @@ pub fn build_cdb(
     cdb
 }
 
-/// Build a `SET feature = state` CDB (no data-in).
+/// Build a `SET feature = state` CDB. Requests a [`MIN_ALLOC_LEN`]-byte data-in
+/// (the drive aborts sub-16-byte transfers — HW-confirmed, see [`MIN_ALLOC_LEN`]);
+/// the feature/state ride in the CDB, so the returned payload is ignored.
 pub fn build_set_cdb(feature: Feature, state: u8) -> [u8; CDB_LEN] {
-    build_cdb(Verb::Set, Some(feature), Some(state), 0)
+    build_cdb(Verb::Set, Some(feature), Some(state), MIN_ALLOC_LEN)
 }
 
-/// Build a `GET feature` CDB (reads the state byte back in a 1-byte data-in).
+/// Build a `GET feature` CDB. Requests a [`MIN_ALLOC_LEN`]-byte data-in (the
+/// drive aborts a 1-byte transfer — HW-confirmed, see [`MIN_ALLOC_LEN`]); the
+/// current state byte is read back from data offset 0.
 pub fn build_get_cdb(feature: Feature) -> [u8; CDB_LEN] {
-    build_cdb(Verb::Get, Some(feature), None, 1)
+    build_cdb(Verb::Get, Some(feature), None, MIN_ALLOC_LEN)
 }
 
-/// Build a `RESET` CDB (all features → passthrough).
+/// Build a `RESET` CDB (all features → passthrough). Floors its data-in at
+/// [`MIN_ALLOC_LEN`] for the same HW min-transfer reason as [`build_set_cdb`].
 pub fn build_reset_cdb() -> [u8; CDB_LEN] {
-    build_cdb(Verb::Reset, None, None, 0)
+    build_cdb(Verb::Reset, None, None, MIN_ALLOC_LEN)
 }
 
 /// Build an `IDENTITY` CDB. `alloc_len` sizes the magic+version+state reply.
diff --git a/src/firmware/mod_tests.rs b/src/firmware/mod_tests.rs
index 781f5b3..43511a5 100644
--- a/src/firmware/mod_tests.rs
+++ b/src/firmware/mod_tests.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ fn state_and_frame_constants_match_abi() {
     assert_eq!(RESP_MAGIC, b"freemkv");
     assert_eq!(CDB_LEN, 10);
     assert_eq!(MEMREAD_LEN, 64);
+    assert_eq!(MIN_ALLOC_LEN, 64);
     assert_eq!(STATE_PASSTHROUGH, 0xFF);
     assert_eq!(STATE_OFF, 0x00);
     assert_eq!(STATE_ON, 0x01);
@@ -47,27 +48,43 @@ fn state_and_frame_constants_match_abi() {
 
 #[test]
 fn build_set_cdb_exact_bytes() {
-    // SET Ake = ON: verb 02, feature 06, state 01, no alloc.
+    // SET Ake = ON: verb 02, feature 06, state 01, alloc MIN_ALLOC_LEN (0x0040)
+    // at cdb[7..9] big-endian — the drive aborts a sub-16-byte data-in.
     assert_eq!(
         build_set_cdb(Feature::Ake, STATE_ON),
-        [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]
+        [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
     );
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn build_get_cdb_exact_bytes() {
-    // GET Bus: verb 03, feature 07, alloc 1 at cdb[7..9] big-endian.
+    // GET Bus: verb 03, feature 07, alloc MIN_ALLOC_LEN (0x0040) at cdb[7..9]
+    // big-endian — the drive aborts a 1-byte data-in; state read from offset 0.
     assert_eq!(
         build_get_cdb(Feature::Bus),
-        [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x03, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00]
+        [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x03, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn vendor_commands_floor_alloc_len_at_min_for_hw() {
+    // HW-confirmed: the drive aborts a vendor command with a sub-16-byte data-in
+    // allocation, so SET/GET/RESET all request at least MIN_ALLOC_LEN (= 64,
+    // comfortably above the ~16-byte hardware floor).
+    assert_eq!(MIN_ALLOC_LEN, 64);
+    let alloc =
+        |cdb: &[u8; CDB_LEN]| u16::from_be_bytes([cdb[CDB_ALLOC_LEN], cdb[CDB_ALLOC_LEN + 1]]);
+    assert_eq!(alloc(&build_set_cdb(Feature::Ake, STATE_ON)), MIN_ALLOC_LEN);
+    assert_eq!(alloc(&build_get_cdb(Feature::Ake)), MIN_ALLOC_LEN);
+    assert_eq!(alloc(&build_reset_cdb()), MIN_ALLOC_LEN);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn build_reset_and_identity_cdb_exact_bytes() {
+    // RESET floors its data-in at MIN_ALLOC_LEN (0x0040) for the same HW reason.
     assert_eq!(
         build_reset_cdb(),
-        [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]
+        [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
     );
     // IDENTITY with a 64-byte allocation (0x0040 big-endian at cdb[7..9]).
     assert_eq!(
diff --git a/src/freemkv/mod.rs b/src/freemkv/mod.rs
index f6cecf3..7c39054 100644
--- a/src/freemkv/mod.rs
+++ b/src/freemkv/mod.rs
@@ -313,24 +313,25 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// Each unlock SET is `Verb::Set` (02) on the right feature id (cdb[5]) with
-    /// the state at cdb[6]; SET carries no data-in (alloc 0).
+    /// the state at cdb[6]; SET floors its data-in allocation at MIN_ALLOC_LEN
+    /// (0x0040 at cdb[7..9]) — the drive aborts a sub-16-byte transfer (HW-confirmed).
     #[test]
     fn unlock_set_cdbs_have_the_new_grammar_shape() {
         assert_eq!(
             build_set_cdb(Feature::Region, STATE_ON),
-            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]
+            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
         );
         assert_eq!(
             build_set_cdb(Feature::Speed, SPEED_MAX),
-            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]
+            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
         );
         assert_eq!(
             build_set_cdb(Feature::Ake, STATE_ON),
-            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]
+            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
         );
         assert_eq!(
             build_set_cdb(Feature::Bus, STATE_ON),
-            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x07, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]
+            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x02, 0x07, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
         );
     }
 
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn reset_cdb_shape() {
         assert_eq!(
             build_reset_cdb(),
-            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]
+            [0x3C, 0x0E, 0xC0, 0xDE, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00]
         );
     }