Re: [PATCH nf 1/1] netfilter: bridge: release template ct on non-IP path

Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:02:33 -0700
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.bridge,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.netfilter-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:36:53 +0800 Zhiling Zou wrote:
> A bridge nftables ct zone set rule can attach a conntrack template to
> an skb before nf_ct_bridge_pre() sees it. For non-IPv4 and non-IPv6
> EtherTypes, nf_ct_bridge_pre() currently overwrites skb->_nfct with
> IP_CT_UNTRACKED without releasing the existing template reference.

could be a coincidence but around the time this landed in our test tree
the nft_queue.sh test became more flaky.
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