diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 47a876ccd288..05a3795eac8e 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2263,6 +2263,13 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	 * single netdev. The outcome is MSG_TRUNC error.
 	 */
 	skb_reserve(skb, skb_tailroom(skb) - alloc_size);
+
+	/* Make sure malicious BPF programs can not read unitialized memory
+	 * from skb->head -> skb->data
+	 */
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+
 	netlink_skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
 
 	if (nlk->dump_done_errno > 0) {