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netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: fix possible null deref during error log
Reported by sashiko: there is a small race window.
If a helper module is unloaded or a userspace-defined helper is
removed, nf_conntrack_helper_unregister() sets ->helper to NULL.
Handle this safely. This needs a second patch to close related
race during nf_conntrack_helper_unregister().
Fixes: b20ab9cc63ca ("netfilter: nf_ct_helper: better logging for dropped packets")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>