Otherwise an out of bounds read could happen. Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
@@ -669,6 +669,9 @@ static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
struct sockaddr_nl *nladdr = (struct sockaddr_nl *)addr;
int err;
+ if (addr_len < sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (nladdr->nl_family != AF_NETLINK)
return -EINVAL;