Compiler did not catch incorrect typing in the rcu hook assignment. % nfct add timeout test-tcp inet tcp established 100 close 10 close_wait 10 % iptables -I OUTPUT -t raw -p tcp -j CT --timeout test-tcp dmesg - xt_CT: Timeout policy `test-tcp' can only be used by L3 protocol number 25000 The CT target bails out with incorrect layer 3 protocol number. Fixes: 6c1fd7dc489d ("netfilter: cttimeout: decouple timeout policy from nfnetlink_cttimeout object") Reported-by: Harsha Sharma <harshasharmaiitr@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c index d46a236cdf31..a30f8ba4b89a 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c @@ -489,8 +489,8 @@ static int cttimeout_default_get(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl, return err; } -static struct ctnl_timeout * -ctnl_timeout_find_get(struct net *net, const char *name) +static struct nf_ct_timeout *ctnl_timeout_find_get(struct net *net, + const char *name) { struct ctnl_timeout *timeout, *matching = NULL; @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ ctnl_timeout_find_get(struct net *net, const char *name) break; } err: - return matching; + return matching ? &matching->timeout : NULL; } static void ctnl_timeout_put(struct nf_ct_timeout *t) -- 2.11.0