netfilter: ctnetlink: fix NULL dereference while trying to change helper
The patch 1afc56794e03: "netfilter: nf_ct_helper: implement variable
length helper private data" from Jun 7, 2012, leads to the following
Smatch complaint:
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:1231 ctnetlink_change_helper()
error: we previously assumed 'help->helper' could be null (see line 1228)
This NULL dereference can be triggered with the following sequence:
1) attach the helper for first time when the conntrack is created.
2) remove the helper module or detach the helper from the conntrack
via ctnetlink.
3) attach helper again (the same or different one, no matter) to the
that existing conntrack again via ctnetlink.
This patch fixes the problem by removing the use case that allows you
to re-assign again a helper for one conntrack entry via ctnetlink since
I cannot find any practical use for it.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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