diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d21b1581a665..7386421e2ad3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -201,6 +201,38 @@ cfg80211_get_dev_from_info(struct net *netns, struct genl_info *info)
 	return __cfg80211_rdev_from_attrs(netns, info->attrs);
 }
 
+static int validate_beacon_head(const struct nlattr *attr,
+				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	const u8 *data = nla_data(attr);
+	unsigned int len = nla_len(attr);
+	const struct element *elem;
+	const struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt = (void *)data;
+	unsigned int fixedlen = offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt,
+					 u.beacon.variable);
+
+	if (len < fixedlen)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (ieee80211_hdrlen(mgmt->frame_control) !=
+	    offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.beacon))
+		goto err;
+
+	data += fixedlen;
+	len -= fixedlen;
+
+	for_each_element(elem, data, len) {
+		/* nothing */
+	}
+
+	if (for_each_element_completed(elem, data, len))
+		return 0;
+
+err:
+	NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, attr, "malformed beacon head");
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static int validate_ie_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
 			    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
@@ -338,8 +370,9 @@ const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
 
 	[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_HEAD] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-				       .len = IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_HEAD] =
+		NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN(NLA_BINARY, validate_beacon_head,
+				       IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN),
 	[NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TAIL] =
 		NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN(NLA_BINARY, validate_ie_attr,
 				       IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN),