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Julia Lawall pointed out that IPSET_ATTR_ETHER netlink attribute length was not checked explicitly, just for the maximum possible size. Malicious netlink clients could send shorter attribute and thus resulting a kernel read after the buffer. The patch adds the explicit length checkings. Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>