From: Stéphane Veyret <sveyret@xxxxxxxxx> nf_ct_helper_ext_add may return null, which must then be checked. Fixes: 857b46027d6f ("netfilter: nft_ct: add ct expectations support") Reported-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Stéphane Veyret <sveyret@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nft_ct.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c index 06b52c894573..77dab1bdb3ca 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c @@ -1232,6 +1232,10 @@ static void nft_ct_expect_obj_eval(struct nft_object *obj, help = nfct_help(ct); if (!help) help = nf_ct_helper_ext_add(ct, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!help) { + regs->verdict.code = NF_DROP; + return; + } if (help->expecting[NF_CT_EXPECT_CLASS_DEFAULT] >= priv->size) { regs->verdict.code = NFT_BREAK; -- 2.11.0