Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+e79818f5c12416aba9de@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: fa0e21fa rtnetlink: extend RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS to .. git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git main console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=12ae3673280000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=526f919910d4a671 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e79818f5c12416aba9de compiler: gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2 patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=172d9e8b280000 Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.