return __cfg80211_rdev_from_attrs(netns, info->attrs);
 }
 
+static int validate_beacon_head(const struct nlattr *attr,
+                               struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+       const u8 *data = nla_data(attr);
+       unsigned int len = nla_len(attr);
+       const struct element *elem;
+       const struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt = (void *)data;
+       unsigned int fixedlen = offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt,
+                                        u.beacon.variable);
+
+       if (len < fixedlen)
+               goto err;
+
+       if (ieee80211_hdrlen(mgmt->frame_control) !=
+           offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.beacon))
+               goto err;
+
+       data += fixedlen;
+       len -= fixedlen;
+
+       for_each_element(elem, data, len) {
+               /* nothing */
+       }
+
+       if (for_each_element_completed(elem, data, len))
+               return 0;
+
+err:
+       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, attr, "malformed beacon head");
+       return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static int validate_ie_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 
        [NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
-       [NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_HEAD] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-                                      .len = IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN },
+       [NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_HEAD] =
+               NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN(NLA_BINARY, validate_beacon_head,
+                                      IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN),
        [NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TAIL] =
                NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN(NLA_BINARY, validate_ie_attr,
                                       IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN),