return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static int validate_he_capa(const struct nlattr *attr,
+                           struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+       if (!ieee80211_he_capa_size_ok(nla_data(attr), nla_len(attr)))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /* policy for the attributes */
 static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR];
 
        [NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_MEMORY_LIMIT] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [NL80211_ATTR_HE_CAPABILITY] =
-               NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_BINARY,
-                                NL80211_HE_MIN_CAPABILITY_LEN,
-                                NL80211_HE_MAX_CAPABILITY_LEN),
+               NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN(NLA_BINARY, validate_he_capa,
+                                      NL80211_HE_MAX_CAPABILITY_LEN),
        [NL80211_ATTR_FTM_RESPONDER] =
                NLA_POLICY_NESTED(nl80211_ftm_responder_policy),
        [NL80211_ATTR_TIMEOUT] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1),