The function nft_jansson_parse_rule receives the tree like parameter and we release it inside the functions. We use this function in the ruleset import support. Therefore, we release the child nodes in the tree that contains the rule information before to release the tree. Then, if we import a ruleset, valgrind shows: ==16551== Invalid write of size 8 ==16551== at 0x5EC92AA: json_delete (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x5EC4FC4: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x5EC5058: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x5EC9270: json_delete (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x5EC92B4: json_delete (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x5EC4FC4: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x5EC5058: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x5EC9270: json_delete (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjansson.so.4.3.1) ==16551== by 0x50455D0: nft_ruleset_json_parse (ruleset.c:557) ==16551== by 0x50458AE: nft_ruleset_do_parse (ruleset.c:696) ==16551== by 0x408AEC: do_command (rule.c:1317) ==16551== by 0x406B05: nft_run (main.c:194) With this patch, we release the tree only in the function nft_rule_json_parse (the caller function of nft_jansson_parse_rule). Signed-off-by: Alvaro Neira Ayuso <alvaroneay@xxxxxxxxx> --- src/rule.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/rule.c b/src/rule.c index 7f4d049..028dc2e 100644 --- a/src/rule.c +++ b/src/rule.c @@ -597,10 +597,8 @@ int nft_jansson_parse_rule(struct nft_rule *r, json_t *tree, nft_rule_add_expr(r, e); } - nft_jansson_free_root(tree); return 0; err: - nft_jansson_free_root(tree); return -1; } #endif @@ -613,12 +611,16 @@ static int nft_rule_json_parse(struct nft_rule *r, const void *json, #ifdef JSON_PARSING json_t *tree; json_error_t error; + int ret; tree = nft_jansson_create_root(json, &error, err, input); if (tree == NULL) return -1; - return nft_jansson_parse_rule(r, tree, err, set_list); + ret = nft_jansson_parse_rule(r, tree, err, set_list); + + nft_jansson_free_root(tree); + return ret; #else errno = EOPNOTSUPP; return -1; -- 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