diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
index d2023e7131bd4f..6e6e9f05509ab0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
@@ -411,6 +411,11 @@ static int vxlan_vnifilter_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb
 	struct tunnel_msg *tmsg;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
+	if (cb->nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(struct tunnel_msg))) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(cb->extack, "Invalid msg length");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	tmsg = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
 
 	if (tmsg->flags & ~TUNNEL_MSG_VALID_USER_FLAGS) {