age is signed integer, so result can be negative when the timestamps have a large delta. In this case we want to discard the entry. Instead of using age >= 2 || age < 0, just make it unsigned. Fixes: b36e4523d4d56 ("netfilter: nf_conncount: fix garbage collection confirm race") Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c index 3271a4e00500..8bb4ed85c262 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ find_or_evict(struct net *net, struct nf_conncount_list *list, const struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *found; unsigned long a, b; int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); - __s32 age; + u32 age; found = nf_conntrack_find_get(net, &conn->zone, &conn->tuple); if (found) -- 2.19.2