diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Android.bp b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Android.bp
index cffefe7..c4eb805 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Android.bp
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Android.bp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         "protocols/MessageDefinition.cpp",
         "protocols/NetlinkProtocol.cpp",
         "protocols/all.cpp",
+        "Attributes.cpp",
         "NetlinkRequest.cpp",
         "NetlinkSocket.cpp",
         "common.cpp",
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Attributes.cpp b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Attributes.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f3c7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Attributes.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <libnl++/Attributes.h>
+
+namespace android::nl {
+
+Attributes::Attributes() {}
+
+Attributes::Attributes(nlbuf<nlattr> buffer) : nlbuf<nlattr>(buffer) {}
+
+const Attributes::Index& Attributes::index() const {
+    if (mIndex.has_value()) return *mIndex;
+
+    mIndex = Index();
+    auto& index = *mIndex;
+
+    for (auto attr : static_cast<nlbuf<nlattr>>(*this)) {
+        index.emplace(attr->nla_type, attr);
+    }
+
+    return index;
+}
+
+bool Attributes::contains(nlattrtype_t attrtype) const {
+    return index().count(attrtype) > 0;
+}
+
+/* Parser specializations for selected types (more to come if necessary). */
+
+template <>
+Attributes Attributes::parse(nlbuf<nlattr> buf) {
+    return buf.data<nlattr>();
+}
+
+template <>
+std::string Attributes::parse(nlbuf<nlattr> buf) {
+    const auto rawString = buf.data<char>().getRaw();
+    return std::string(rawString.ptr(), rawString.len());
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+static T parseUnsigned(nlbuf<nlattr> buf) {
+    return buf.data<T>().copyFirst();
+}
+
+template <>
+uint8_t Attributes::parse(nlbuf<nlattr> buf) {
+    return parseUnsigned<uint8_t>(buf);
+}
+
+template <>
+uint16_t Attributes::parse(nlbuf<nlattr> buf) {
+    return parseUnsigned<uint16_t>(buf);
+}
+
+template <>
+uint32_t Attributes::parse(nlbuf<nlattr> buf) {
+    return parseUnsigned<uint32_t>(buf);
+}
+
+template <>
+uint64_t Attributes::parse(nlbuf<nlattr> buf) {
+    return parseUnsigned<uint64_t>(buf);
+}
+
+}  // namespace android::nl
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/Attributes.h b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/Attributes.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..082b97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/Attributes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <libnl++/nlbuf.h>
+#include <libnl++/types.h>
+#include <utils/Mutex.h>
+
+#include <map>
+
+namespace android::nl {
+
+/**
+ * Netlink attribute map.
+ *
+ * This is a C++-style, memory safe(r) implementation of linux/netlink.h macros accessing Netlink
+ * message attributes. The class doesn't own the underlying data, so the instance is valid as long
+ * as the source buffer is allocated and unmodified.
+ *
+ * WARNING: this class is NOT thread-safe (it's safe to be used in multithreaded application, but
+ * a single instance can only be used by a single thread - the one owning the underlying buffer).
+ */
+class Attributes : private nlbuf<nlattr> {
+  public:
+    /**
+     * Constructs empty attribute map.
+     */
+    Attributes();
+
+    /**
+     * Construct attribute map from underlying buffer.
+     *
+     * \param buffer Source buffer pointing at the first attribute.
+     */
+    Attributes(nlbuf<nlattr> buffer);
+
+    /**
+     * Checks, if the map contains given attribute type (key).
+     *
+     * \param attrtype Attribute type (such as IFLA_IFNAME).
+     * \return true if attribute is in the map, false otherwise.
+     */
+    bool contains(nlattrtype_t attrtype) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches attribute of a given type by copying it.
+     *
+     * While this is quite efficient for simple types, fetching nested attribute creates a new copy
+     * of child attribute map. This may be costly if you calculate the index for child maps multiple
+     * times. Examples below.
+     *
+     * BAD:
+     * ```
+     * const auto flags = msg->attributes.
+     *     get<nl::Attributes>(IFLA_AF_SPEC).
+     *     get<nl::Attributes>(AF_INET6).  // IFLA_AF_SPEC index lazy-calculated
+     *     get<uint32_t>(IFLA_INET6_FLAGS);  // AF_INET6 index lazy-calculated
+     * const auto& cacheinfo = msg->attributes.
+     *     get<nl::Attributes>(IFLA_AF_SPEC).  // new instance of IFLA_AF_SPEC index
+     *     get<nl::Attributes>(AF_INET6).  // IFLA_AF_SPEC index calculated again
+     *     getStruct<ifla_cacheinfo>(IFLA_INET6_CACHEINFO);  // AF_INET6 calculated again
+     * ```
+     *
+     * GOOD:
+     * ```
+     * const auto inet6 = msg->attributes.
+     *     get<nl::Attributes>(IFLA_AF_SPEC).
+     *     get<nl::Attributes>(AF_INET6);
+     * const auto flags = inet6.get<uint32_t>(IFLA_INET6_FLAGS);  // AF_INET6 index lazy-calculated
+     * const auto& cache = inet6.getStruct<ifla_cacheinfo>(IFLA_INET6_CACHEINFO);  // index reused
+     * ```
+     *
+     * If the attribute doesn't exists, default value of a given type is returned and warning
+     * spawned into the log. To check for attribute existence, \see contains(nlattrtype_t).
+     *
+     * \param attrtype Attribute to fetch.
+     * \return Attribute value.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    T get(nlattrtype_t attrtype) const {
+        const auto& ind = index();
+        const auto it = ind.find(attrtype);
+        if (it == ind.end()) {
+            LOG(WARNING) << "Netlink attribute is missing: " << attrtype;
+            return T{};
+        }
+
+        return parse<T>(it->second);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches a reference to a given attribute's data.
+     *
+     * This method is intended for arbitrary structures not specialized with get(nlattrtype_t)
+     * template and slightly more efficient for larger payloads due to not copying its data.
+     *
+     * If the attribute doesn't exists, a reference to empty value of a given type is returned and
+     * warning spawned into the log. To check for attribute existence, \see contains(nlattrtype_t).
+     *
+     * \param attrtype Attribute to fetch.
+     * \return Reference to the attribute's data.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    const T& getStruct(nlattrtype_t attrtype) const {
+        const auto& ind = index();
+        const auto it = ind.find(attrtype);
+        if (it == ind.end()) {
+            LOG(WARNING) << "Netlink attribute is missing: " << attrtype;
+            static const T empty = {};
+            return empty;
+        }
+
+        const auto& [ok, val] = it->second.data<T>().getFirst();
+        if (!ok) LOG(WARNING) << "Can't fetch structure of size " << sizeof(T);
+        return val;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    using Index = std::map<nlattrtype_t, nlbuf<nlattr>>;
+
+    /**
+     * Attribute index.
+     *
+     * Since this field is not protected by mutex, the use of \see index() dependent methods
+     * (such as \see get(nlattrtype_t)) is not thread-safe. This is a compromise made based on the
+     * following assumptions:
+     *
+     * 1. Most (or even all) use-cases involve attribute parsing in the same thread as where the
+     *    buffer was allocated. This is partly forced by a dependence of nlmsg lifecycle on the
+     *    underlying data buffer.
+     *
+     * 2. Index calculation and access would come with performance penalty never justified in most
+     *    or all use cases (see the previous point). Since Index is not a trivially assignable data
+     *    structure, it's not possible to use it with atomic types only and avoid mutexes.
+     */
+    mutable std::optional<Index> mIndex;
+
+    /**
+     * Lazy-calculate and cache index.
+     *
+     * \return Attribute index.
+     */
+    const Index& index() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Parse attribute data into a specific type.
+     *
+     * \param buf Raw attribute data.
+     * \return Parsed data.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    static T parse(nlbuf<nlattr> buf);
+};
+
+}  // namespace android::nl
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlbuf.h b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlbuf.h
index 4c0e581..7625020 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlbuf.h
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlbuf.h
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 
   public:
     /**
+     * Constructs empty buffer of size 0.
+     */
+    nlbuf() : mData(nullptr), mBufferEnd(nullptr) {}
+
+    /**
      * Constructor for nlbuf.
      *
      * \param data A pointer to the data the nlbuf wraps.
@@ -68,8 +73,8 @@
 
     std::pair<bool, const T&> getFirst() const {
         if (!ok()) {
-            static const T dummy = {};
-            return {false, dummy};
+            static const T empty = {};
+            return {false, empty};
         }
         return {true, *mData};
     }
@@ -78,7 +83,8 @@
      * Copy the first element of the buffer.
      *
      * This is a memory-safe cast operation, useful for reading e.g. uint32_t values
-     * from 1-byte buffer.
+     * from 1-byte buffer. If the buffer is smaller than the copied type, the rest is
+     * padded with default constructor output (usually zeros).
      */
     T copyFirst() const {
         T val = {};
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlmsg.h b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlmsg.h
index d6a797b..e9c9238 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlmsg.h
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/include/libnl++/nlmsg.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <libnl++/Attributes.h>
 #include <libnl++/nlbuf.h>
 
 namespace android::nl {
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@
  * This is a C++-style, memory safe(r) implementation of linux/netlink.h macros accessing Netlink
  * message contents. The class doesn't own the underlying data, so the instance is valid as long as
  * the source buffer is allocated and unmodified.
+ *
+ * WARNING: this class is NOT thread-safe (it's safe to be used in multithreaded application, but
+ * a single instance can only be used by a single thread - the one owning the underlying buffer).
  */
 template <typename T>
 class nlmsg {
@@ -82,12 +86,12 @@
     /**
      * Netlink message attributes.
      */
-    const nlbuf<nlattr> attributes;
+    const Attributes attributes;
 
     const T* operator->() const { return &data; }
 
   private:
-    nlmsg(const nlmsghdr& nlHeader, const T& dataHeader, nlbuf<nlattr> attributes)
+    nlmsg(const nlmsghdr& nlHeader, const T& dataHeader, Attributes attributes)
         : header(nlHeader), data(dataHeader), attributes(attributes) {}
 };