From: Peter Zijlstra Subject: [PATCH 21/31] netfilter: NF_QUEUE vs emergency skbs Patch-mainline: not yet Avoid memory getting stuck waiting for userspace, drop all emergency packets. This of course requires the regular storage route to not include an NF_QUEUE target ;-) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman --- net/netfilter/core.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/net/netfilter/core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/core.c @@ -176,11 +176,14 @@ next_hook: if (verdict == NF_ACCEPT || verdict == NF_STOP) { ret = 1; } else if ((verdict & NF_VERDICT_MASK) == NF_DROP) { +drop: kfree_skb(skb); ret = -(verdict >> NF_VERDICT_BITS); if (ret == 0) ret = -EPERM; } else if ((verdict & NF_VERDICT_MASK) == NF_QUEUE) { + if (skb_emergency(skb)) + goto drop; if (!nf_queue(skb, elem, pf, hook, indev, outdev, okfn, verdict >> NF_VERDICT_BITS)) goto next_hook;