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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/attr.c b/net/netlink/attr.c
index 2d106cf..56c3ce7 100644
--- a/net/netlink/attr.c
+++ b/net/netlink/attr.c
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ static int validate_nla(struct nlattr *nla, int maxtype,
if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN + nla_len(nla))
return -ERANGE;
break;
+ case NLA_NESTED:
+ /* a nested attributes is allowed to be empty; if its not,
+ * it must have a size of at least NLA_HDRLEN.
+ */
+ if (attrlen == 0)
+ break;
default:
if (pt->len)
minlen = pt->len;
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@ size_t nla_strlcpy(char *dst, const struct nlattr *nla, size_t dstsize)
*
* Returns the number of bytes copied.
*/
-int nla_memcpy(void *dest, struct nlattr *src, int count)
+int nla_memcpy(void *dest, const struct nlattr *src, int count)
{
int minlen = min_t(int, count, nla_len(src));
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