diff --git a/net/core/lwtunnel.c b/net/core/lwtunnel.c
index 8ec7d13d2860..f590b0e672a9 100644
--- a/net/core/lwtunnel.c
+++ b/net/core/lwtunnel.c
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr(struct nlattr *attr, int remaining,
 			nla_entype = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP_TYPE);
 
 			if (nla_entype) {
+				if (nla_len(nla_entype) < sizeof(u16)) {
+					NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid RTA_ENCAP_TYPE");
+					return -EINVAL;
+				}
 				encap_type = nla_get_u16(nla_entype);
 
 				if (lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(encap_type,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 72782843d575..ab6a8f35d369 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -741,6 +741,9 @@ static int fib_get_nhs(struct fib_info *fi, struct rtnexthop *rtnh,
 			}
 
 			fib_cfg.fc_encap = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP);
+			/* RTA_ENCAP_TYPE length checked in
+			 * lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr
+			 */
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP_TYPE);
 			if (nla)
 				fib_cfg.fc_encap_type = nla_get_u16(nla);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 25745bce2c1f..7d10a4488b85 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -5176,6 +5176,10 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_add(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 				r_cfg.fc_flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
 			}
 			r_cfg.fc_encap = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP);
+
+			/* RTA_ENCAP_TYPE length checked in
+			 * lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr
+			 */
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP_TYPE);
 			if (nla)
 				r_cfg.fc_encap_type = nla_get_u16(nla);