Calling nft_ctx_new() a second time leaks memory, and calling nft_ctx_free a second time -- on a different context -- causes double-free. This patch won't work in case we assume libnftables should be thread-safe, in such case we either need a mutex or move all resources under nft_ctx scope. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> --- src/libnftables.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/libnftables.c b/src/libnftables.c index 4a139c58b2b3..880fd4284555 100644 --- a/src/libnftables.c +++ b/src/libnftables.c @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> +static unsigned int context_count; + static int nft_netlink(struct nft_ctx *nft, struct list_head *cmds, struct list_head *msgs, struct mnl_socket *nf_sock) @@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ out: static void nft_init(void) { + if (context_count++) + return; + mark_table_init(); realm_table_rt_init(); devgroup_table_init(); @@ -99,6 +104,9 @@ static void nft_init(void) static void nft_exit(void) { + if (--context_count) + return; + ct_label_table_exit(); realm_table_rt_exit(); devgroup_table_exit(); -- 2.21.0