4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Liping Zhang <liping.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit b173a28f62cf929324a8a6adcc45adadce311d16 upstream. The 'name' filed in struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy{} is not a pointer, so check it is NULL or not will always return true. Even if the name is empty, slash will always be displayed like follows: # cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack_expect 297 l3proto = 2 proto=6 src=1.1.1.1 dst=2.2.2.2 sport=1 dport=1025 ftp/ ^ Fixes: 3a8fc53a45c4 ("netfilter: nf_ct_helper: allocate 16 bytes for the helper and policy names") Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang <liping.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static int exp_seq_show(struct seq_file helper = rcu_dereference(nfct_help(expect->master)->helper); if (helper) { seq_printf(s, "%s%s", expect->flags ? " " : "", helper->name); - if (helper->expect_policy[expect->class].name) + if (helper->expect_policy[expect->class].name[0]) seq_printf(s, "/%s", helper->expect_policy[expect->class].name); }