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

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 00:41:37 +0200
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: Phil Sutter <phil@....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

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.

Thanks.