4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit d376bef9c29b3c65aeee4e785fffcd97ef0a9a81 ] nft_compat relies on xt_request_find_match to increment refcount of the module that provides the match/target. The (builtin) icmp matches did't set the module owner so it was possible to rmmod ip(6)tables while icmp extensions were still in use. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c | 1 + net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c @@ -2072,6 +2072,7 @@ static struct xt_match ipt_builtin_mt[] .checkentry = icmp_checkentry, .proto = IPPROTO_ICMP, .family = NFPROTO_IPV4, + .me = THIS_MODULE, }, }; --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c @@ -2073,6 +2073,7 @@ static struct xt_match ip6t_builtin_mt[] .checkentry = icmp6_checkentry, .proto = IPPROTO_ICMPV6, .family = NFPROTO_IPV6, + .me = THIS_MODULE, }, };