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diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7b455980e9b..5d1079b1838 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1479,6 +1479,10 @@ static int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REQUEST))
goto skip;
+ /* Skip control messages */
+ if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
+ goto skip;
+
if (cb(skb, nlh, &err) < 0) {
/* Not an error, but we have to interrupt processing
* here. Note: that in this case we do not pull