** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  
  * Microsoft has requested a patch to address a kernel panic issue
+ similar to the upstream issue here -
+ 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20240731213046.6194-2-pa...@netfilter.org/
  
  [Fix]
  
  * Clean cherry-pick upstream commit 5830aa863981: "netfilter: iptables:
- Fix null-ptr-deref in iptable_nat_table_init("
+ Fix null-ptr-deref in iptable_nat_table_init()"
  
  [Test Plan]
  
  * Build and boot tested
  
  [Where problems could occur]
  
- * Low regression risk
+ * Low regression risk, mostly shifting logic
+ * Change to order of register_pernet_subsys() and xt_register_template() 
could expose some other logic being held together under race condition
  
  [Other info]
  
  * SF #00391736

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Title:
  kernel panic was caused by a fatal exception due to a null pointer
  dereference in the iptable_nat module

Status in linux-azure package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-azure source package in Jammy:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  * Microsoft has requested a patch to address a kernel panic issue
  similar to the upstream issue here -
  
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20240731213046.6194-2-pa...@netfilter.org/

  [Fix]

  * Clean cherry-pick upstream commit 5830aa863981: "netfilter:
  iptables: Fix null-ptr-deref in iptable_nat_table_init()"

  [Test Plan]

  * Build and boot tested

  [Where problems could occur]

  * Low regression risk, mostly shifting logic
  * Change to order of register_pernet_subsys() and xt_register_template() 
could expose some other logic being held together under race condition

  [Other info]

  * SF #00391736

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