Re: [PATCH] netfilter: conntrack: drop expectations before freeing templates
From: Florian Westphal
Date: Tue Aug 19 2025 - 20:17:30 EST
Qingjie Xing <xqjcool@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With an iptables-configured TFTP helper in place, a UDP packet
> (10.65.41.36:1069 → 10.65.36.2:69, TFTP RRQ) triggered creation of an expectation.
> Later, iptables changes removed the rule’s per-rule template nf_conn.
> When the expectation’s timer expired, nf_ct_unlink_expect_report()
> ran and dereferenced the freed master, causing a crash.
Sorry, I do not see the problem.
A template should never be listed as exp->master.
Can you make a reproducer/selftest for this bug?
I worry we paper over a different bug.