3 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 692bcd35f809..57c618b6cb0e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ static int validate_ie_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
 }
 
 /* policy for the attributes */
+static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR];
+
 static const struct nla_policy
 nl80211_ftm_responder_policy[NL80211_FTM_RESP_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NL80211_FTM_RESP_ATTR_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG, },
@@ -296,11 +298,7 @@ nl80211_pmsr_req_attr_policy[NL80211_PMSR_REQ_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 static const struct nla_policy
 nl80211_psmr_peer_attr_policy[NL80211_PMSR_PEER_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NL80211_PMSR_PEER_ATTR_ADDR] = NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR,
-	/*
-	 * we could specify this again to be the top-level policy,
-	 * but that would open us up to recursion problems ...
-	 */
-	[NL80211_PMSR_PEER_ATTR_CHAN] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+	[NL80211_PMSR_PEER_ATTR_CHAN] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(nl80211_policy),
 	[NL80211_PMSR_PEER_ATTR_REQ] =
 		NLA_POLICY_NESTED(nl80211_pmsr_req_attr_policy),
 	[NL80211_PMSR_PEER_ATTR_RESP] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
@@ -347,7 +345,7 @@ nl80211_tid_config_attr_policy[NL80211_TID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 			NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, NL80211_TID_CONFIG_DISABLE),
 };
 
-const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
+static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
 	[0] = { .strict_start_type = NL80211_ATTR_HE_OBSS_PD },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.h b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
index a41e94a49a89..d3e8e426c486 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.h
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 int nl80211_init(void);
 void nl80211_exit(void);
 
-extern const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR];
-
 void *nl80211hdr_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 		     int flags, u8 cmd);
 bool nl80211_put_sta_rate(struct sk_buff *msg, struct rate_info *info,
diff --git a/net/wireless/pmsr.c b/net/wireless/pmsr.c
index 63dc8023447f..a95c79d18349 100644
--- a/net/wireless/pmsr.c
+++ b/net/wireless/pmsr.c
@@ -187,10 +187,9 @@ static int pmsr_parse_peer(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 
 	/* reuse info->attrs */
 	memset(info->attrs, 0, sizeof(*info->attrs) * (NL80211_ATTR_MAX + 1));
-	/* need to validate here, we don't want to have validation recursion */
 	err = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(info->attrs, NL80211_ATTR_MAX,
 					  tb[NL80211_PMSR_PEER_ATTR_CHAN],
-					  nl80211_policy, info->extack);
+					  NULL, info->extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;