For 16.5: Fix Geo verification state backfill job can exceed batch size

What does this MR do and why?

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Backports !136275 (merged) to 16.5.

This MR fixes the underlying code so that it does not return a batch that exceeds the specified batch size. This is expected to reduce memory spikes.

Related to #429242 (closed) and #430913 (closed)

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