Re: [PATCH 4/5] netfilter: fix missed NULL check in nf_conntrack_proto_pernet_init()

[Yafang Shao]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 7:26 AM Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 08:56:29PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
> > nf_ct_l4proto_net() may return NULL.
> > That may happens if some module forget to set both l4proto->get_net_proto
> > and l4proto->net_id.
> > We'd check the return value here, in case crash happens.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
> > index 154e8c0..316fef3 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c
> > @@ -946,6 +946,9 @@ int nf_conntrack_proto_pernet_init(struct net *net)
> >       struct nf_proto_net *pn = nf_ct_l4proto_net(net,
> >                                       &nf_conntrack_l4proto_generic);
>
> There is another spot missing in this file that is missing the check
> for NULL.
>
> We can probably simplify all this is we place the gre conntracker in
> the conntrack core, as it's been suggested already. It's the only one
> remaining as a module and it now supports for IPv6, so it's probably
> better follow that path.

Got it.
Thanks for your explanation.

Thanks
Yafang