4 files changed, 13 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
index 841e316240da..64977db12b1d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static int exp_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 	if (expect->flags & NF_CT_EXPECT_USERSPACE)
 		seq_printf(s, "%sUSERSPACE", delim);
 
-	helper = rcu_dereference(nfct_help(expect->master)->helper);
+	helper = rcu_dereference(expect->helper);
 	if (helper) {
 		seq_printf(s, "%s%s", expect->flags ? " " : "", helper->name);
 		if (helper->expect_policy[expect->class].name[0])
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index 294a6ffcbccd..1b330ba6613b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -395,14 +395,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_helper_register);
 
 static bool expect_iter_me(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, void *data)
 {
-	struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(exp->master);
 	const struct nf_conntrack_helper *me = data;
 	const struct nf_conntrack_helper *this;
 
-	if (rcu_access_pointer(exp->helper) == me)
-		return true;
-
-	this = rcu_dereference_protected(help->helper,
+	this = rcu_dereference_protected(exp->helper,
 					 lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock));
 	return this == me;
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index a42d14290786..8477c3736432 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@ ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct nf_conn *master = exp->master;
 	long timeout = ((long)exp->timeout.expires - (long)jiffies) / HZ;
-	struct nf_conn_help *help;
+	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)
 	struct nlattr *nest_parms;
 	struct nf_conntrack_tuple nat_tuple = {};
@@ -3057,15 +3057,12 @@ ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, CTA_EXPECT_FLAGS, htonl(exp->flags)) ||
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, CTA_EXPECT_CLASS, htonl(exp->class)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	help = nfct_help(master);
-	if (help) {
-		struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
 
-		helper = rcu_dereference(help->helper);
-		if (helper &&
-		    nla_put_string(skb, CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME, helper->name))
-			goto nla_put_failure;
-	}
+	helper = rcu_dereference(exp->helper);
+	if (helper &&
+	    nla_put_string(skb, CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME, helper->name))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
 	expfn = nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol(exp->expectfn);
 	if (expfn != NULL &&
 	    nla_put_string(skb, CTA_EXPECT_FN, expfn->name))
@@ -3394,12 +3391,9 @@ static int ctnetlink_get_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
 static bool expect_iter_name(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, void *data)
 {
 	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
-	const struct nf_conn_help *m_help;
 	const char *name = data;
 
-	m_help = nfct_help(exp->master);
-
-	helper = rcu_dereference(m_help->helper);
+	helper = rcu_dereference(exp->helper);
 	if (!helper)
 		return false;
 
@@ -3534,9 +3528,9 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct,
 		       struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
 		       struct nf_conntrack_tuple *mask)
 {
-	u_int32_t class = 0;
 	struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
 	struct nf_conn_help *help;
+	u32 class = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	help = nfct_help(ct);
@@ -3573,6 +3567,8 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct,
 
 	exp->class = class;
 	exp->master = ct;
+	if (!helper)
+		helper = rcu_dereference(help->helper);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, helper);
 	exp->tuple = *tuple;
 	exp->mask.src.u3 = mask->src.u3;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
index 106b2f419e19..20e57cf5c83a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static int set_expected_rtp_rtcp(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 		exp = __nf_ct_expect_find(net, nf_ct_zone(ct), &tuple);
 
 		if (!exp || exp->master == ct ||
-		    nfct_help(exp->master)->helper != nfct_help(ct)->helper ||
+		    exp->helper != nfct_help(ct)->helper ||
 		    exp->class != class)
 			break;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)