int idx = 0;
        u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid;
        u32 seq = cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq;
-       struct nlattr *extfilt;
        u32 filter_mask = 0;
 
-       extfilt = nlmsg_find_attr(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg),
-                                 IFLA_EXT_MASK);
-       if (extfilt)
-               filter_mask = nla_get_u32(extfilt);
+       if (nlmsg_len(cb->nlh) > sizeof(struct ifinfomsg)) {
+               struct nlattr *extfilt;
+
+               extfilt = nlmsg_find_attr(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg),
+                                         IFLA_EXT_MASK);
+               if (extfilt) {
+                       if (nla_len(extfilt) < sizeof(filter_mask))
+                               return -EINVAL;
+
+                       filter_mask = nla_get_u32(extfilt);
+               }
+       }
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev) {