+ netfilter-nf_conntrack_netbios_ns-fix-uninitialized-member-in-expectation.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     netfilter: nf_conntrack_netbios_ns: fix uninitialized member in expectation
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     netfilter-nf_conntrack_netbios_ns-fix-uninitialized-member-in-expectation.patch

See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this

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Subject: netfilter: nf_conntrack_netbios_ns: fix uninitialized member in expectation
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>

->helper is uninitialized in the expectation registered by the netbios_ns
helper and it later copied to the expected connection, which causes invalid
memory dereferences when trying to call the helper.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff -puN net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c~netfilter-nf_conntrack_netbios_ns-fix-uninitialized-member-in-expectation net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c~netfilter-nf_conntrack_netbios_ns-fix-uninitialized-member-in-expectation
+++ a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff **pskb, u
 
 	exp->expectfn             = NULL;
 	exp->flags                = NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT;
+	exp->helper               = NULL;
 
 	nf_conntrack_expect_related(exp);
 	nf_conntrack_expect_put(exp);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from kaber@xxxxxxxxx are

netfilter-nf_conntrack_netbios_ns-fix-uninitialized-member-in-expectation.patch

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