All lists in the tree_nodes_free() have both zero count and true dead flag. Because lists are selected by nf_conncount_gc_list() and that makes that zero-count and true dead flag. So that the if statement of tree_nodes_free() is unnecessary and wrong. Fixes: 31568ec09ea0 ("netfilter: nf_conncount: fix list_del corruption in conn_free") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c index 8acae4a3e4c0..b6d0f6deea86 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c @@ -323,11 +323,8 @@ static void tree_nodes_free(struct rb_root *root, while (gc_count) { rbconn = gc_nodes[--gc_count]; spin_lock(&rbconn->list.list_lock); - if (rbconn->list.count == 0 && rbconn->list.dead == false) { - rbconn->list.dead = true; - rb_erase(&rbconn->node, root); - call_rcu(&rbconn->rcu_head, __tree_nodes_free); - } + rb_erase(&rbconn->node, root); + call_rcu(&rbconn->rcu_head, __tree_nodes_free); spin_unlock(&rbconn->list.list_lock); } } -- 2.17.1