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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: fw@strlen.de
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/31] netfilter: cttimeout: remove superfluous check on layer 4 netlink functions
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 00:26:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181101232600.mdgzmaccrhb73fho@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46a2d5fe-ca45-c07b-2e2d-2ec99412dcb9@gmail.com>

Hi Eric,

On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 07:57:26AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On 10/08/2018 04:01 PM, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
[...]
> > @@ -412,21 +406,15 @@ cttimeout_default_fill_info(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
> >  	    nla_put_u8(skb, CTA_TIMEOUT_L4PROTO, l4proto->l4proto))
> >  		goto nla_put_failure;
> >  
> > -	if (likely(l4proto->ctnl_timeout.obj_to_nlattr)) {
> > -		struct nlattr *nest_parms;
> > -		int ret;
> > -
> > -		nest_parms = nla_nest_start(skb,
> > -					    CTA_TIMEOUT_DATA | NLA_F_NESTED);
> > -		if (!nest_parms)
> > -			goto nla_put_failure;
> > +	nest_parms = nla_nest_start(skb, CTA_TIMEOUT_DATA | NLA_F_NESTED);
> > +	if (!nest_parms)
> > +		goto nla_put_failure;
> >  
> > -		ret = l4proto->ctnl_timeout.obj_to_nlattr(skb, NULL);
> > -		if (ret < 0)
> > -			goto nla_put_failure;
> > +	ret = l4proto->ctnl_timeout.obj_to_nlattr(skb, NULL);
> 
> Hi Pablo
> 
> None of the obj_to_nlattr handlers can handle a NULL pointer.
> What is the intent here ?

It seems this was accidentally set to NULL here.

commit c779e849608a875448f6ffc2a5c2a15523bdcd00
Author: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Date:   Fri Jun 29 07:46:50 2018 +0200

    netfilter: conntrack: remove get_timeout() indirection

Just sent patches to fix this to nf-devel ML.

Thanks for reporting !

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-02  8:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-08 23:00 [PATCH 00/31] Netfilter updates for net-next Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:00 ` [PATCH 01/31] netfilter: nf_tables: rt: allow checking if dst has xfrm attached Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:00 ` [PATCH 02/31] netfilter: nf_tables: split set destruction in deactivate and destroy phase Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:00 ` [PATCH 03/31] netfilter: nf_tables: warn when expr implements only one of activate/deactivate Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:00 ` [PATCH 04/31] netfilter: nf_tables: asynchronous release Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:00 ` [PATCH 05/31] netfilter: remove obsolete need_conntrack stub Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 06/31] netfilter: nf_tables: add xfrm expression Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-10 11:39   ` Eyal Birger
2018-10-10 12:53     ` Florian Westphal
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 07/31] netfilter: ctnetlink: Support L3 protocol-filter on flush Pablo Neira Ayuso
2019-04-25 10:07   ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-04-25 15:41     ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-04-26 19:25       ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2019-04-29 14:53         ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-04-29 15:23           ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2019-04-29 15:39             ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-05-01  8:47     ` Kristian Evensen
2019-05-02  7:28       ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-05-02  7:46         ` Florian Westphal
2019-05-02  8:09           ` Kristian Evensen
2019-05-02  8:27           ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-05-02 11:31           ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2019-05-02 12:56             ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-05-02 15:06               ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2019-05-03  7:02                 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2019-05-03  7:14                   ` Kristian Evensen
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 08/31] netfilter: xt_cgroup: shrink size of v2 path Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 09/31] netfilter: nf_tables: avoid BUG_ON usage Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 10/31] netfilter: xtables: avoid BUG_ON Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 11/31] netfilter: nf_nat_ipv4: remove obsolete EXPORT_SYMBOL Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 12/31] netfilter: cttimeout: remove superfluous check on layer 4 netlink functions Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-11-01 14:57   ` Eric Dumazet
2018-11-01 23:26     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 13/31] netfilter: nat: remove unnecessary rcu_read_lock in nf_nat_redirect_ipv{4/6} Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 14/31] netfilter: conntrack: pass nf_hook_state to packet and error handlers Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 15/31] netfilter: conntrack: remove the l4proto->new() function Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 16/31] netfilter: conntrack: deconstify packet callback skb pointer Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 17/31] netfilter: conntrack: avoid using ->error callback if possible Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 18/31] netfilter: conntrack: remove error callback and handle icmp from core Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 19/31] netfilter: conntrack: remove unused proto arg from netns init functions Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 20/31] netfilter: conntrack: remove l3->l4 mapping information Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 21/31] netfilter: conntrack: clamp l4proto array size at largers supported protocol Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 22/31] netfilter: nat: remove duplicate skb_is_nonlinear() in __nf_nat_mangle_tcp_packet() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 23/31] netfilter: nf_tables: use rhashtable_walk_enter instead of rhashtable_walk_init Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 24/31] netfilter: ctnetlink: must check mark attributes vs NULL Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 25/31] netfilter: masquerade: don't flush all conntracks if only one address deleted on device Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 26/31] netfilter: nf_tables: add SECMARK support Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 27/31] netfilter: nf_tables: add requirements for connsecmark support Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 28/31] netfilter: nf_flow_table: remove unnecessary nat flag check code Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 29/31] netfilter: nf_tables: use rhashtable_lookup() instead of rhashtable_lookup_fast() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 30/31] netfilter: xt_quota: fix the behavior of xt_quota module Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-08 23:01 ` [PATCH 31/31] netfilter: xt_quota: Don't use aligned attribute in sizeof Pablo Neira Ayuso
2018-10-09  4:29 ` [PATCH 00/31] Netfilter updates for net-next David Miller

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