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diff --git a/net/netlink/attr.c b/net/netlink/attr.c
index 47bbf45ae5d..56c3ce7fe29 100644
--- a/net/netlink/attr.c
+++ b/net/netlink/attr.c
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ static int validate_nla(struct nlattr *nla, int maxtype,
 		if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN + nla_len(nla))
 			return -ERANGE;
 		break;
+	case NLA_NESTED:
+		/* a nested attributes is allowed to be empty; if its not,
+		 * it must have a size of at least NLA_HDRLEN.
+		 */
+		if (attrlen == 0)
+			break;
 	default:
 		if (pt->len)
 			minlen = pt->len;
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@ errout:
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
  * @head: head of attribute stream
  * @len: length of attribute stream
+ * @policy: validation policy
  *
  * Parses a stream of attributes and stores a pointer to each attribute in
  * the tb array accessable via the attribute type. Attributes with a type
@@ -194,7 +201,7 @@ struct nlattr *nla_find(struct nlattr *head, int len, int attrtype)
 /**
  * nla_strlcpy - Copy string attribute payload into a sized buffer
  * @dst: where to copy the string to
- * @src: attribute to copy the string from
+ * @nla: attribute to copy the string from
  * @dstsize: size of destination buffer
  *
  * Copies at most dstsize - 1 bytes into the destination buffer.
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ size_t nla_strlcpy(char *dst, const struct nlattr *nla, size_t dstsize)
  *
  * Returns the number of bytes copied.
  */
-int nla_memcpy(void *dest, struct nlattr *src, int count)
+int nla_memcpy(void *dest, const struct nlattr *src, int count)
 {
 	int minlen = min_t(int, count, nla_len(src));
 
@@ -340,9 +347,9 @@ struct nlattr *nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen)
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_reserve - reserve room for attribute without header
+ * nla_reserve_nohdr - reserve room for attribute without header
  * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
- * @len: length of attribute payload
+ * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
  *
  * Reserves room for attribute payload without a header.
  *