From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: ip_conntrack table full problem
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:38:54 +0100
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Thomas Jarosch wrote:
> Phil,
> 
> 
>>>/proc/slabinfo:
>>>ip_conntrack       16263  16272    320 1356 1356    1
>>
>>Yes, you're leaking conntracks somewhere.  Any possibility of testing
>>a somewhat newer kernel than 2.4.21?  This may have already been
>>fixed.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your response.
> Unfortunately I cannot update to a newer kernel soon.

I suggest trying this patch:

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@3f219dbcj1MnJqxiJa99m_AcShdk5A?nav=index.html|src/net/|src/net|src/net/ipv4|src/net/ipv4/netfilter|related/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c

Regards
Patrick