diff --git a/include/linux/igmp.h b/include/linux/igmp.h
index 2c677af..193ad48 100644
--- a/include/linux/igmp.h
+++ b/include/linux/igmp.h
@@ -130,5 +130,6 @@ extern void ip_mc_unmap(struct in_device *);
 extern void ip_mc_remap(struct in_device *);
 extern void ip_mc_dec_group(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 addr);
 extern void ip_mc_inc_group(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 addr);
+int ip_mc_check_igmp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 36f3f43..8f1b7de 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3398,6 +3398,9 @@ static inline void skb_checksum_none_assert(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 bool skb_partial_csum_set(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 start, u16 off);
 
 int skb_checksum_setup(struct sk_buff *skb, bool recalculate);
+int skb_checksum_trimmed(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int transport_len,
+			 __sum16(*skb_check_func)(struct sk_buff *skb),
+			 struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed);
 
 u32 skb_get_poff(const struct sk_buff *skb);
 u32 __skb_get_poff(const struct sk_buff *skb, void *data,
diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 80456f7..def59d3 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ void ipv6_mc_unmap(struct inet6_dev *idev);
 void ipv6_mc_remap(struct inet6_dev *idev);
 void ipv6_mc_init_dev(struct inet6_dev *idev);
 void ipv6_mc_destroy_dev(struct inet6_dev *idev);
+int ipv6_mc_check_mld(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed);
 void addrconf_dad_failure(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);
 
 bool ipv6_chk_mcast_addr(struct net_device *dev, const struct in6_addr *group,
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index 3c630c7..55a9e0c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -974,9 +974,6 @@ static int br_ip4_multicast_igmp3_report(struct net_bridge *br,
 	int err = 0;
 	__be32 group;
 
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ih)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	ih = igmpv3_report_hdr(skb);
 	num = ntohs(ih->ngrec);
 	len = sizeof(*ih);
@@ -1247,25 +1244,14 @@ static int br_ip4_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br,
 			max_delay = 10 * HZ;
 			group = 0;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct igmpv3_query))) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
+	} else if (skb->len >= sizeof(*ih3)) {
 		ih3 = igmpv3_query_hdr(skb);
 		if (ih3->nsrcs)
 			goto out;
 
 		max_delay = ih3->code ?
 			    IGMPV3_MRC(ih3->code) * (HZ / IGMP_TIMER_SCALE) : 1;
-	}
-
-	/* RFC2236+RFC3376 (IGMPv2+IGMPv3) require the multicast link layer
-	 * all-systems destination addresses (224.0.0.1) for general queries
-	 */
-	if (!group && iph->daddr != htonl(INADDR_ALLHOSTS_GROUP)) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
+	} else {
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1328,12 +1314,6 @@ static int br_ip6_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br,
 	    (port && port->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED))
 		goto out;
 
-	/* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require link-local source addresses */
-	if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&ip6h->saddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	if (skb->len == sizeof(*mld)) {
 		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*mld))) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
@@ -1357,14 +1337,6 @@ static int br_ip6_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br,
 
 	is_general_query = group && ipv6_addr_any(group);
 
-	/* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require the multicast link layer
-	 * all-nodes destination address (ff02::1) for general queries
-	 */
-	if (is_general_query && !ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_nodes(&ip6h->daddr)) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	if (is_general_query) {
 		saddr.proto = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 		saddr.u.ip6 = ip6h->saddr;
@@ -1556,66 +1528,22 @@ static int br_multicast_ipv4_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 u16 vid)
 {
-	struct sk_buff *skb2 = skb;
-	const struct iphdr *iph;
+	struct sk_buff *skb_trimmed = NULL;
 	struct igmphdr *ih;
-	unsigned int len;
-	unsigned int offset;
 	int err;
 
-	/* We treat OOM as packet loss for now. */
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*iph)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
-
-	if (iph->ihl < 5 || iph->version != 4)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ip_hdrlen(skb)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
+	err = ip_mc_check_igmp(skb, &skb_trimmed);
 
-	if (unlikely(ip_fast_csum((u8 *)iph, iph->ihl)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (iph->protocol != IPPROTO_IGMP) {
-		if (!ipv4_is_local_multicast(iph->daddr))
+	if (err == -ENOMSG) {
+		if (!ipv4_is_local_multicast(ip_hdr(skb)->daddr))
 			BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only = 1;
 		return 0;
+	} else if (err < 0) {
+		return err;
 	}
 
-	len = ntohs(iph->tot_len);
-	if (skb->len < len || len < ip_hdrlen(skb))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (skb->len > len) {
-		skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!skb2)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		err = pskb_trim_rcsum(skb2, len);
-		if (err)
-			goto err_out;
-	}
-
-	len -= ip_hdrlen(skb2);
-	offset = skb_network_offset(skb2) + ip_hdrlen(skb2);
-	__skb_pull(skb2, offset);
-	skb_reset_transport_header(skb2);
-
-	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb2, sizeof(*ih)))
-		goto out;
-
-	if (skb_checksum_simple_validate(skb2))
-		goto out;
-
-	err = 0;
-
 	BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->igmp = 1;
-	ih = igmp_hdr(skb2);
+	ih = igmp_hdr(skb);
 
 	switch (ih->type) {
 	case IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT:
@@ -1624,21 +1552,19 @@ static int br_multicast_ipv4_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 		err = br_ip4_multicast_add_group(br, port, ih->group, vid);
 		break;
 	case IGMPV3_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT:
-		err = br_ip4_multicast_igmp3_report(br, port, skb2, vid);
+		err = br_ip4_multicast_igmp3_report(br, port, skb_trimmed, vid);
 		break;
 	case IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_QUERY:
-		err = br_ip4_multicast_query(br, port, skb2, vid);
+		err = br_ip4_multicast_query(br, port, skb_trimmed, vid);
 		break;
 	case IGMP_HOST_LEAVE_MESSAGE:
 		br_ip4_multicast_leave_group(br, port, ih->group, vid);
 		break;
 	}
 
-out:
-	__skb_push(skb2, offset);
-err_out:
-	if (skb2 != skb)
-		kfree_skb(skb2);
+	if (skb_trimmed && skb_trimmed != skb)
+		kfree_skb(skb_trimmed);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1648,126 +1574,42 @@ static int br_multicast_ipv6_rcv(struct net_bridge *br,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 u16 vid)
 {
-	struct sk_buff *skb2;
-	const struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
-	u8 icmp6_type;
-	u8 nexthdr;
-	__be16 frag_off;
-	unsigned int len;
-	int offset;
+	struct sk_buff *skb_trimmed = NULL;
+	struct mld_msg *mld;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ip6h)))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	err = ipv6_mc_check_mld(skb, &skb_trimmed);
 
-	ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
-
-	/*
-	 * We're interested in MLD messages only.
-	 *  - Version is 6
-	 *  - MLD has always Router Alert hop-by-hop option
-	 *  - But we do not support jumbrograms.
-	 */
-	if (ip6h->version != 6)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Prevent flooding this packet if there is no listener present */
-	if (!ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_nodes(&ip6h->daddr))
-		BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only = 1;
-
-	if (ip6h->nexthdr != IPPROTO_HOPOPTS ||
-	    ip6h->payload_len == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	len = ntohs(ip6h->payload_len) + sizeof(*ip6h);
-	if (skb->len < len)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	nexthdr = ip6h->nexthdr;
-	offset = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, sizeof(*ip6h), &nexthdr, &frag_off);
-
-	if (offset < 0 || nexthdr != IPPROTO_ICMPV6)
+	if (err == -ENOMSG) {
+		if (!ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_nodes(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr))
+			BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only = 1;
 		return 0;
-
-	/* Okay, we found ICMPv6 header */
-	skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb2)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb2, offset + sizeof(struct icmp6hdr)))
-		goto out;
-
-	len -= offset - skb_network_offset(skb2);
-
-	__skb_pull(skb2, offset);
-	skb_reset_transport_header(skb2);
-	skb_postpull_rcsum(skb2, skb_network_header(skb2),
-			   skb_network_header_len(skb2));
-
-	icmp6_type = icmp6_hdr(skb2)->icmp6_type;
-
-	switch (icmp6_type) {
-	case ICMPV6_MGM_QUERY:
-	case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT:
-	case ICMPV6_MGM_REDUCTION:
-	case ICMPV6_MLD2_REPORT:
-		break;
-	default:
-		err = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Okay, we found MLD message. Check further. */
-	if (skb2->len > len) {
-		err = pskb_trim_rcsum(skb2, len);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-		err = -EINVAL;
+	} else if (err < 0) {
+		return err;
 	}
 
-	ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb2);
-
-	if (skb_checksum_validate(skb2, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, ip6_compute_pseudo))
-		goto out;
-
-	err = 0;
-
 	BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->igmp = 1;
+	mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb);
 
-	switch (icmp6_type) {
+	switch (mld->mld_type) {
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT:
-	    {
-		struct mld_msg *mld;
-		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb2, sizeof(*mld))) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb2);
 		BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only = 1;
 		err = br_ip6_multicast_add_group(br, port, &mld->mld_mca, vid);
 		break;
-	    }
 	case ICMPV6_MLD2_REPORT:
-		err = br_ip6_multicast_mld2_report(br, port, skb2, vid);
+		err = br_ip6_multicast_mld2_report(br, port, skb_trimmed, vid);
 		break;
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_QUERY:
-		err = br_ip6_multicast_query(br, port, skb2, vid);
+		err = br_ip6_multicast_query(br, port, skb_trimmed, vid);
 		break;
 	case ICMPV6_MGM_REDUCTION:
-	    {
-		struct mld_msg *mld;
-		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb2, sizeof(*mld))) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb2);
 		br_ip6_multicast_leave_group(br, port, &mld->mld_mca, vid);
-	    }
+		break;
 	}
 
-out:
-	kfree_skb(skb2);
+	if (skb_trimmed && skb_trimmed != skb)
+		kfree_skb(skb_trimmed);
+
 	return err;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index cdb939b..09e7236 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4013,6 +4013,44 @@ int skb_checksum_setup(struct sk_buff *skb, bool recalculate)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum_setup);
 
+int skb_checksum_trimmed(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int transport_len,
+			 __sum16(*skb_check_func)(struct sk_buff *skb),
+			 struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb_chk = skb;
+	unsigned int offset = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	__skb_pull(skb, offset);
+
+	/* if there's data beyond the IP packet:
+	 * avoid it in checksum validation by using a trimmed clone
+	 */
+	if (skb->len > transport_len) {
+		skb_chk = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!skb_chk) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = pskb_trim_rcsum(skb_chk, transport_len);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = skb_check_func(skb_chk);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (skb_trimmed)
+		*skb_trimmed = skb_chk;
+
+out:
+	__skb_push(skb, offset);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum_trimmed);
+
 void __skb_warn_lro_forwarding(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	net_warn_ratelimited("%s: received packets cannot be forwarded while LRO is enabled\n",
diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index a3a697f..3410e56 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,158 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_mc_inc_group);
 
+static int ip_mc_check_iphdr(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const struct iphdr *iph;
+	unsigned int len;
+	unsigned int offset = skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(*iph);
+
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, offset))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
+
+	if (iph->version != 4 || ip_hdrlen(skb) < sizeof(*iph))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	offset += ip_hdrlen(skb) - sizeof(*iph);
+
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, offset))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
+
+	if (unlikely(ip_fast_csum((u8 *)iph, iph->ihl)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len = skb_network_offset(skb) + ntohs(iph->tot_len);
+	if (skb->len < len || len < offset)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	skb_set_transport_header(skb, offset);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ip_mc_check_igmp_reportv3(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+
+	len += sizeof(struct igmpv3_report);
+
+	return pskb_may_pull(skb, len) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int ip_mc_check_igmp_query(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+
+	len += sizeof(struct igmphdr);
+	if (skb->len < len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* IGMPv{1,2}? */
+	if (skb->len != len) {
+		/* or IGMPv3? */
+		len += sizeof(struct igmpv3_query) - sizeof(struct igmphdr);
+		if (skb->len < len || !pskb_may_pull(skb, len))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* RFC2236+RFC3376 (IGMPv2+IGMPv3) require the multicast link layer
+	 * all-systems destination addresses (224.0.0.1) for general queries
+	 */
+	if (!igmp_hdr(skb)->group &&
+	    ip_hdr(skb)->daddr != htonl(INADDR_ALLHOSTS_GROUP))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ip_mc_check_igmp_msg(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	switch (igmp_hdr(skb)->type) {
+	case IGMP_HOST_LEAVE_MESSAGE:
+	case IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT:
+	case IGMPV2_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT:
+		/* fall through */
+		return 0;
+	case IGMPV3_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT:
+		return ip_mc_check_igmp_reportv3(skb);
+	case IGMP_HOST_MEMBERSHIP_QUERY:
+		return ip_mc_check_igmp_query(skb);
+	default:
+		return -ENOMSG;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline __sum16 ip_mc_validate_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb_checksum_simple_validate(skb);
+}
+
+static int __ip_mc_check_igmp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed)
+
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb_chk = NULL;
+	unsigned int transport_len;
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + sizeof(struct igmphdr);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, len))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	transport_len = ntohs(ip_hdr(skb)->tot_len) - ip_hdrlen(skb);
+
+	if (skb_checksum_trimmed(skb, transport_len,
+				 ip_mc_validate_checksum, &skb_chk))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = ip_mc_check_igmp_msg(skb_chk);
+
+	if (!ret && skb_trimmed)
+		*skb_trimmed = skb_chk;
+	else if (skb_chk && skb_chk != skb)
+		kfree_skb(skb_chk);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ip_mc_check_igmp - checks whether this is a sane IGMP packet
+ * @skb: the skb to validate
+ * @skb_trimmed: to store an skb pointer trimmed to IPv4 packet tail (optional)
+ *
+ * Checks whether an IPv4 packet is a valid IGMP packet. If so sets
+ * skb network and transport headers accordingly and returns zero.
+ *
+ * -EINVAL: A broken packet was detected, i.e. it violates some internet
+ *  standard
+ * -ENOMSG: IP header validation succeeded but it is not an IGMP packet.
+ * -ENOMEM: A memory allocation failure happened.
+ *
+ * Optionally, an skb pointer might be provided via skb_trimmed (or set it
+ * to NULL): After parsing an IGMP packet successfully it will point to
+ * an skb which has its tail aligned to the IP packet end. This might
+ * either be the originally provided skb or a trimmed, cloned version if
+ * the skb frame was padded beyond the IP header. A cloned skb allows us
+ * to leave the original skb and its full frame unchanged (which might be
+ * desirable for layer 2 frame jugglers).
+ */
+int ip_mc_check_igmp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed)
+{
+	int ret = ip_mc_check_iphdr(skb);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol != IPPROTO_IGMP)
+		return -ENOMSG;
+
+	return __ip_mc_check_igmp(skb, skb_trimmed);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_mc_check_igmp);
+
 /*
  *	Resend IGMP JOIN report; used by netdev notifier.
  */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index fac1f27..d71cd6b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -2573,6 +2573,184 @@ void ipv6_mc_destroy_dev(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 	write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 }
 
+static int ipv6_mc_check_ip6hdr(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
+	unsigned int len;
+	unsigned int offset = skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(*ip6h);
+
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, offset))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+
+	if (ip6h->version != 6)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len = offset + ntohs(ip6h->payload_len);
+	if (skb->len < len || len <= offset)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_exthdrs(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
+	unsigned int offset;
+	u8 nexthdr;
+	__be16 frag_off;
+
+	ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+
+	if (ip6h->nexthdr != IPPROTO_HOPOPTS)
+		return -ENOMSG;
+
+	nexthdr = ip6h->nexthdr;
+	offset = skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(*ip6h);
+	offset = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, offset, &nexthdr, &frag_off);
+
+	if (offset < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (nexthdr != IPPROTO_ICMPV6)
+		return -ENOMSG;
+
+	skb_set_transport_header(skb, offset);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_mld_reportv2(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+
+	len += sizeof(struct mld2_report);
+
+	return pskb_may_pull(skb, len) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_mld_query(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct mld_msg *mld;
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+
+	/* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require link-local source addresses */
+	if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len += sizeof(struct mld_msg);
+	if (skb->len < len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* MLDv1? */
+	if (skb->len != len) {
+		/* or MLDv2? */
+		len += sizeof(struct mld2_query) - sizeof(struct mld_msg);
+		if (skb->len < len || !pskb_may_pull(skb, len))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb);
+
+	/* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require the multicast link layer
+	 * all-nodes destination address (ff02::1) for general queries
+	 */
+	if (ipv6_addr_any(&mld->mld_mca) &&
+	    !ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_nodes(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_mld_msg(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct mld_msg *mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb);
+
+	switch (mld->mld_type) {
+	case ICMPV6_MGM_REDUCTION:
+	case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT:
+		/* fall through */
+		return 0;
+	case ICMPV6_MLD2_REPORT:
+		return ipv6_mc_check_mld_reportv2(skb);
+	case ICMPV6_MGM_QUERY:
+		return ipv6_mc_check_mld_query(skb);
+	default:
+		return -ENOMSG;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline __sum16 ipv6_mc_validate_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb_checksum_validate(skb, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, ip6_compute_pseudo);
+}
+
+static int __ipv6_mc_check_mld(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			       struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed)
+
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb_chk = NULL;
+	unsigned int transport_len;
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + sizeof(struct mld_msg);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, len))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	transport_len = ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len;
+
+	if (skb_checksum_trimmed(skb, transport_len,
+				 ipv6_mc_validate_checksum, &skb_chk))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = ipv6_mc_check_mld_msg(skb_chk);
+
+	if (!ret && skb_trimmed)
+		*skb_trimmed = skb_chk;
+	else if (skb_chk && skb_chk != skb)
+		kfree_skb(skb_chk);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ipv6_mc_check_mld - checks whether this is a sane MLD packet
+ * @skb: the skb to validate
+ * @skb_trimmed: to store an skb pointer trimmed to IPv6 packet tail (optional)
+ *
+ * Checks whether an IPv6 packet is a valid MLD packet. If so sets
+ * skb network and transport headers accordingly and returns zero.
+ *
+ * -EINVAL: A broken packet was detected, i.e. it violates some internet
+ *  standard
+ * -ENOMSG: IP header validation succeeded but it is not an IGMP packet.
+ * -ENOMEM: A memory allocation failure happened.
+ *
+ * Optionally, an skb pointer might be provided via skb_trimmed (or set it
+ * to NULL): After parsing an IGMP packet successfully it will point to
+ * an skb which has its tail aligned to the IP packet end. This might
+ * either be the originally provided skb or a trimmed, cloned version if
+ * the skb frame was padded beyond the IP header. A cloned skb allows us
+ * to leave the original skb and its full frame unchanged (which might be
+ * desirable for layer 2 frame jugglers).
+ */
+int ipv6_mc_check_mld(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ipv6_mc_check_ip6hdr(skb);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ipv6_mc_check_exthdrs(skb);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return __ipv6_mc_check_mld(skb, skb_trimmed);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_mc_check_mld);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 struct igmp6_mc_iter_state {
 	struct seq_net_private p;
