Module reference is bumped for each user, this should not ever happen. But BUG_ON check should use rcu_access_pointer() instead. If this ever happens, do WARN_ON_ONCE() instead of BUG_ON() and consolidate pointer check under the rcu read side lock section. Fixes: fab4085f4e24 ("netfilter: log: nf_log_packet() as real unified interface") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c index 8cc52d2bd31b..e16f158388bb 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c @@ -193,11 +193,12 @@ void nf_logger_put(int pf, enum nf_log_type type) return; } - BUG_ON(loggers[pf][type] == NULL); - rcu_read_lock(); logger = rcu_dereference(loggers[pf][type]); - module_put(logger->me); + if (!logger) + WARN_ON_ONCE(1); + else + module_put(logger->me); rcu_read_unlock(); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_logger_put); -- 2.30.2