When parsing fails after we've matched the command string we should bail out instead of trying to match a different command. This helper should be deprecated, given prevalence of TLS I doubt it has any relevance in 2026. Fixes: 869f37d8e48f ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: add IRC helper port") Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260525182924.28456-1-fw%40strlen.de Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal --- Noticed as part of a drive-by-review of another unrelated change. net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c index 522183b9a604..2ebe4cb47cf6 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff, if (parse_dcc(data, data_limit, &dcc_ip, &dcc_port, &addr_beg_p, &addr_end_p)) { pr_debug("unable to parse dcc command\n"); - continue; + goto out; } pr_debug("DCC bound ip/port: %pI4:%u\n", @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff, net_warn_ratelimited("Forged DCC command from %pI4: %pI4:%u\n", &tuple->src.u3.ip, &dcc_ip, dcc_port); - continue; + goto out; } exp = nf_ct_expect_alloc(ct); -- 2.53.0