sctp_csum_check() is called by sctp_s/dnat_handler() where it calls skb_make_writable() to ensure sctphdr to be linearized. So there's no need to get sctphdr by calling skb_header_pointer() in sctp_csum_check(). Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c index b0cd7d0..0ecf241 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int sctp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp) { unsigned int sctphoff; - struct sctphdr *sh, _sctph; + struct sctphdr *sh; __le32 cmp, val; #ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6 @@ -193,10 +193,7 @@ sctp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp) #endif sctphoff = ip_hdrlen(skb); - sh = skb_header_pointer(skb, sctphoff, sizeof(_sctph), &_sctph); - if (sh == NULL) - return 0; - + sh = (struct sctphdr *)(skb->data + sctphoff); cmp = sh->checksum; val = sctp_compute_cksum(skb, sctphoff); -- 2.1.0