From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (c7232c9 netfilter: add protocol independent NAT core) added incorrect locking for the module auto-load case in ctnetlink_parse_nat. That function is always called from ctnetlink_create_conntrack which requires no locking. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c index a205bd6..257da50 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c @@ -1120,7 +1120,6 @@ ctnetlink_parse_nat_setup(struct nf_conn *ct, if (err == -EAGAIN) { #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES rcu_read_unlock(); - spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); nfnl_unlock(); if (request_module("nf-nat-%u", nf_ct_l3num(ct)) < 0) { nfnl_lock(); @@ -1129,7 +1128,6 @@ ctnetlink_parse_nat_setup(struct nf_conn *ct, return -EOPNOTSUPP; } nfnl_lock(); - spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); rcu_read_lock(); #else err = -EOPNOTSUPP; -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html