This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: skip bound chain in netns release path to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: netfilter-nf_tables-skip-bound-chain-in-netns-releas.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 2de006dd895fa8e0d71406e0293e4e0caa40e552 Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Jul 19 20:19:43 2023 +0200 netfilter: nf_tables: skip bound chain in netns release path [ Upstream commit 751d460ccff3137212f47d876221534bf0490996 ] Skip bound chain from netns release path, the rule that owns this chain releases these objects. Fixes: d0e2c7de92c7 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add NFT_CHAIN_BINDING") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 0bb1cc7ed5e99..f621c5e48747b 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -10398,6 +10398,9 @@ static void __nft_release_table(struct net *net, struct nft_table *table) ctx.family = table->family; ctx.table = table; list_for_each_entry(chain, &table->chains, list) { + if (nft_chain_is_bound(chain)) + continue; + ctx.chain = chain; list_for_each_entry_safe(rule, nr, &chain->rules, list) { list_del(&rule->list);