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-rw-r--r--include/net/netlink.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 546d10586576..b5048dd1d511 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -2260,7 +2260,10 @@ static inline struct nlattr *nla_nest_start(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
*/
static inline int nla_nest_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
{
- start->nla_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
+ unsigned long diff = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
+
+ DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(diff > U16_MAX);
+ start->nla_len = diff;
return skb->len;
}