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We argue that the deep inelastic structure function $F_2^{\gamma p}(x, Q^2)$,regarded as a cross section for virtual $\gamma^*p$ scattering, is hadronic innature. This implies that its growth is limited by the Froissart bound at highhadronic energies, giving a $\ln^2 (1/x)$ bound on $F_2^{\gamma p}$ as Bjorken$x\rightarrow 0$. The same bound holds for the individual quark distributions.In earlier work, we obtained a very accurate global fit to the combined HERAdata on $F_2^{\gamma p}$ using a fit function which respects the Froissartbound at small $x$, and is equivalent in its $x$ dependence to the functionused successfully to describe all high energy hadronic cross sections,including $\gamma p$ scattering. We extrapolate that fit by a factor of$\lesssim$3 beyond the HERA region in the natural variable $\ln(1/x)$ to thevalues of $x$ down to $x=10^{-14}$ and use the results to derive the quarkdistributions needed for the reliable calculation of neutrino cross sections atenergies up to $E_\nu=10^{17}$ GeV. These distributions do not satisfy theFeynman "wee parton" assumption, that they all converge toward a commondistribution $xq(x,Q^2)$ at small $x$ and large $Q^2$. This was used in somepast calculations to express the dominant neutrino structure function$F_2^{\nu(\bar{\nu})}$ directly in terms of $F_2^{\gamma p}$. We show that thecorrect distributions nevertheless give results for $F_2^{\nu(\bar{\nu})}$which differ only slightly from those obtained assuming that the wee partonlimit holds. In two Appendices, we develop simple analytic results for theeffects of QCD evolution and operator-product corrections on the distributionfunctions at small $x$, and show that these effects amount mainly to shiftingthe values of $\ln(1/x)$ in the initial distributions.

Implications of a Froissart bound saturation of $\gamma^*$-$p$ deep inelastic scattering. Part I. Quark distributions at ultra small $x$