--- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c @@ -1562,7 +1562,8 @@ static int nl802154_add_llsec_key(struct struct ieee802154_llsec_key_id id = { }; u32 commands[NL802154_CMD_FRAME_NR_IDS / 32] = { }; - if (nla_parse_nested(attrs, NL802154_KEY_ATTR_MAX, + if (!info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SEC_KEY] || + nla_parse_nested(attrs, NL802154_KEY_ATTR_MAX, info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SEC_KEY], nl802154_key_policy, info->extack)) return -EINVAL;