On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 08:10:24PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote: > If a second context is created, the second call to nft_ctx_free() leads > to freeing invalid pointers in nft_exit(). Fix this by introducing a > reference counter so that neither nft_init() nor nft_exit() run more > than once in a row. > > This reference counter has to be protected from parallel access. Do this > using a mutex in a way that once nft_init() returns, the first call to > that function running in parallel is guaranteed to be finished - > otherwise it could happen that things being initialized in one thread > are already accessed in another one. I would prefer this table is placed into the context object, so they are not global anymore. So I would prefer we fix this the right way(tm). Let me know your thoughts, thanks! -- 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
