4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 753c111f655e38bbd52fc01321266633f022ebe2 upstream. Fetch pointer to module before target object is released. Fixes: 29e3880109e3 ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free when deleting compat expressions") Fixes: 0ca743a55991 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add compatibility layer for x_tables") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nft_compat.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c @@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ nft_target_destroy(const struct nft_ctx { struct xt_target *target = expr->ops->data; void *info = nft_expr_priv(expr); + struct module *me = target->me; struct xt_tgdtor_param par; par.net = ctx->net; @@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ nft_target_destroy(const struct nft_ctx par.target->destroy(&par); if (nft_xt_put(container_of(expr->ops, struct nft_xt, ops))) - module_put(target->me); + module_put(me); } static int nft_target_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr)