netdev - Re: [PATCH net 6/6] netfilter: nf_tables: Unbreak audit log reset

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 12:30:57 +0200
From: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 6/6] netfilter: nf_tables: Unbreak audit log reset

On Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 12:41:37AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Phil Sutter <phil@....cc> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 06:25:12PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > > From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
> > > 
> > > Deliver audit log from __nf_tables_dump_rules(), table dereference at
> > > the end of the table list loop might point to the list head, leading to
> > > this crash.
> > 
> > There are a few issues with this patch, can we please drop it from this
> > MR for now?
> 
> If this were a change that *adds* a kernel crash, then, sure.
> But this fixes a crash, so I see no reason to keep it back.
> 
> Please do an incremental followup instead.

ACK, I'll do that instead.

Thanks, Phil