[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_QCN_STATS]   = {.len = sizeof(struct ieee_qcn_stats)},
 };
 
-static const struct nla_policy dcbnl_ieee_app[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_APP_MAX + 1] = {
-       [DCB_ATTR_IEEE_APP]         = {.len = sizeof(struct dcb_app)},
-};
-
 /* DCB number of traffic classes nested attributes. */
 static const struct nla_policy dcbnl_featcfg_nest[DCB_FEATCFG_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
        [DCB_FEATCFG_ATTR_ALL]      = {.type = NLA_FLAG},
 
                nla_for_each_nested(attr, ieee[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_APP_TABLE], rem) {
                        struct dcb_app *app_data;
+
                        if (nla_type(attr) != DCB_ATTR_IEEE_APP)
                                continue;
+
+                       if (nla_len(attr) < sizeof(struct dcb_app)) {
+                               err = -ERANGE;
+                               goto err;
+                       }
+
                        app_data = nla_data(attr);
                        if (ops->ieee_setapp)
                                err = ops->ieee_setapp(netdev, app_data);