netdev - Re[2]: BUG: NULL pointer in ctnetlink_conntrack

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:22:15 +0200 (CEST)
From:	"Hans Schillstrom" <hans@...illstrom.com>
To:	"Pablo Neira Ayuso" <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re[2]:  BUG: NULL pointer in ctnetlink_conntrack_event

>On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 02:29:37PM +0200, Hans Schillstrom wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> There is a "hard to find" problem in ctnetlink_conntrack_event() when calling
>> netlink_has_listeners() net->nfnl is NULL.
>> 
>> The rcu stuff seems to be right at a first look but who knows...
>> 
>> The line below fix the problem, but that is not the root cause.
>> 
>>  int nfnetlink_has_listeners(struct net *net, unsigned int group)
>>  {
>> -       return netlink_has_listeners(net->nfnl, group);
>> +       return net->nfnl ? netlink_has_listeners(net->nfnl, group) : 0 ;
>>  }
>> 
>> Yes it is a 3.0.26 kernel but this patch is applied
>> netfilter: nf_conntrack: make event callback registration per-netns
>
>I think this patch above is missing some rcu_access_pointer usage.
>
>Please, see patch attached.

Thanks it looks like it's the missing patch.

/Hans

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