diff --git a/net/netlink/attr.c b/net/netlink/attr.c
index c591212..e4d7bed 100644
--- a/net/netlink/attr.c
+++ b/net/netlink/attr.c
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@
 			return -ERANGE;
 		break;
 
+	case NLA_NESTED_COMPAT:
+		if (attrlen < pt->len)
+			return -ERANGE;
+		if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len))
+			break;
+		if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN)
+			return -ERANGE;
+		nla = nla_data(nla) + NLA_ALIGN(pt->len);
+		if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN + nla_len(nla))
+			return -ERANGE;
+		break;
 	default:
 		if (pt->len)
 			minlen = pt->len;