+
+/*
+ * blobmsg_check_attr_list_len: validate a list of untrusted attributes
+ *
+ * This method should be safer implementation of blobmsg_check_attr_list.
+ * It will limit all memory access performed on the blob to the
+ * range [attr, attr + len] (upper bound non inclusive) and is
+ * thus suited for checking of untrusted blob attributes.
+ */
+bool blobmsg_check_attr_list_len(const struct blob_attr *attr, int type, size_t len);
+
+/*
+ * blobmsg_check_array: validate array/table and return size
+ *
+ * Checks if all elements of an array or table are valid and have
+ * the specified type. Returns the number of elements in the array
+ *
+ * This method may be used with trusted data only. Providing
+ * malformed blobs will cause out of bounds memory access.
+ */
+int blobmsg_check_array(const struct blob_attr *attr, int type);
+
+/*
+ * blobmsg_check_array_len: validate untrusted array/table and return size
+ *
+ * Checks if all elements of an array or table are valid and have
+ * the specified type. Returns the number of elements in the array.
+ *
+ * This method should be safer implementation of blobmsg_check_array.
+ * It will limit all memory access performed on the blob to the
+ * range [attr, attr + len] (upper bound non inclusive) and is
+ * thus suited for checking of untrusted blob attributes.
+ */
+int blobmsg_check_array_len(const struct blob_attr *attr, int type, size_t len);
+