Use maybe_get_net() since GC workqueue might race with netns exit path. Fixes: 5f68718b34a5 ("netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction API to avoid race with control plane") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index eed690dd1796..06c73aed149d 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -9480,9 +9480,14 @@ struct nft_trans_gc *nft_trans_gc_alloc(struct nft_set *set, if (!trans) return NULL; + trans->net = maybe_get_net(net); + if (!trans->net) { + kfree(trans); + return NULL; + } + refcount_inc(&set->refs); trans->set = set; - trans->net = get_net(net); trans->seq = gc_seq; return trans; -- 2.30.2