Executing command NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY and parsing it's output natively without libnl shows following attributes as part of the nl80211 generated netlink message (part 16): GetWiphy: Type: 1 GetWiphy: Type: 2 GetWiphy: Type: 46 GetWiphy: Type: 33074 <-- wrong enum value, above MAX also .. GetWiphy: Type: 316 Switching to nla_nest_start_noflag() which ommits the NLA_F_NESTED flag (like most other similar functions do) fixes this: GetWiphy: Type: 1 GetWiphy: Type: 2 GetWiphy: Type: 46 GetWiphy: Type: 306 <-- correct enum value GetWiphy: Type: 316 Fixes: dc1e3cb8da8b ("nl80211: MBSSID and EMA support in AP mode") Signed-off-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Crispin <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Aloka Dixit <alokad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.16 --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index 0da2e6a2a7ea..4d4860f9428d 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ static int nl80211_put_mbssid_support(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct sk_buff *msg) if (!wiphy->mbssid_max_interfaces) return 0; - config = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_CONFIG); + config = nla_nest_start_noflag(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_CONFIG); if (!config) return -ENOBUFS; -- 2.34.1