1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 5f8e53cca222..0bfd03d67fdd 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -771,7 +771,12 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_link_set(struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_doit *cmd,
 
         lc = (struct tipc_link_config *)TLV_DATA(msg->req);
 
-        len = min_t(int, TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req), TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME);
+        len = TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req);
+        len -= offsetof(struct tipc_link_config, name);
+        if (len <= 0)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        len = min_t(int, len, TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME);
         if (!string_is_valid(lc->name, len))
                 return -EINVAL;