diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 18b5aae99becf81c3aa55820d49332067a1c4fe7..75e3ea7bda08f39e07d515768b56678842e74c40 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3898,6 +3898,9 @@ static int rtnl_stats_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	u32 filter_mask;
 	int err;
 
+	if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(*ifsm))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ifsm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifsm->ifindex > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifsm->ifindex);
@@ -3947,6 +3950,9 @@ static int rtnl_stats_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 	cb->seq = net->dev_base_seq;
 
+	if (nlmsg_len(cb->nlh) < sizeof(*ifsm))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ifsm = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
 	filter_mask = ifsm->filter_mask;
 	if (!filter_mask)