+/** xt_check_entry_match - check that matches end before start of target
+ *
+ * @match: beginning of xt_entry_match
+ * @target: beginning of this rules target (alleged end of matches)
+ * @alignment: alignment requirement of match structures
+ *
+ * Validates that all matches add up to the beginning of the target,
+ * and that each match covers at least the base structure size.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure.
+ */
+static int xt_check_entry_match(const char *match, const char *target,
+ const size_t alignment)
+{
+ const struct xt_entry_match *pos;
+ int length = target - match;
+
+ if (length == 0) /* no matches */
+ return 0;
+
+ pos = (struct xt_entry_match *)match;
+ do {
+ if ((unsigned long)pos % alignment)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (length < (int)sizeof(struct xt_entry_match))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (pos->u.match_size < sizeof(struct xt_entry_match))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (pos->u.match_size > length)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ length -= pos->u.match_size;
+ pos = ((void *)((char *)(pos) + (pos)->u.match_size));
+ } while (length > 0);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+