[PATCH net-next v3 2/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc: use nf_ct_helper_parse_port()

From: HACKE-RC

Date: Sun May 03 2026 - 04:33:32 EST


Replace simple_strtoul() with the new nf_ct_helper_parse_port() helper.
This removes the dependency on NUL-terminated strings and adds an
explicit port range check, rejecting port 0 and values above 65535.

Fixes: 869f37d8e48f ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc - Fix uninitialised variable warning")
Signed-off-by: HACKE-RC <rc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
index 522183b9a..1b51f5a6a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ static int parse_dcc(char *data, const char *data_end, __be32 *ip,
data++;
}

- *port = simple_strtoul(data, &data, 10);
+ if (nf_ct_helper_parse_port(data, data_end - data, port, &data))
+ return -1;
+
*ad_end_p = data;

return 0;
--
2.54.0